MANAGEMENT OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN RUSSIA BEYOND BUDGETING

В статье рассматривается 12 принципов Beyond Budgeting, предложенные Дж. Хоупом и Р. Фрейзером, и особенности их применения к управлению многоквартирными домами. Анализируется возможность внедрения Beyond Budgeting не только в управляющих организациях, но и при непосредственном управлении многоквартирными домами и создании товариществ собственников жилья. Результаты внедрения принципов Beyond Budgeting (изменение организационной культуры) анализируются по модели McKinsey 7S. Рекомендации по внедрению Beyond Budgeting даются в рамках теории организационных изменений М. Бира и Н. Нориа. Положительный опыт внедрения принципов Beyond Budgeting в ООО УК «Маяк» позволяет рекомендовать управление за рамками бюджетирования другим организациям, осуществляющих предпринимательскую деятельность по управлению многоквартирными домами в России. The article examines the 12 principles of Beyond Budgeting , proposed by J. Hope and R. Fraser, and the peculiarities of their application to the management of multi-apartment buildings. The possibility of introducing Beyond Budgeting is analyzed not only in management organizations, but also in the direct management of apartment buildings and in creation of a homeowners' association. The results of the implementation of the principles of Beyond Budgeting (change in organizational culture) are analyzed according to the McKinsey 7S model. Recommendations for the implementation of Beyond Budgeting are given in the framework of the theory of organizational change by M. Beer and N. Noria. The positive experience of implementing principles of Beyond Budgeting at OOO Management Company ‘Mayak’ allows us to recommend Beyond Budgeting management to other organizations carrying out entrepreneurial activities in the management of apartment buildings in Russia.

Is HOA capitalized in housing price? Evidence from Chongqing, China

Purpose International research has found that Homeowners Association (HOA) is capitalized in housing price in the West. Is that result applicable in Chinese cities? In China there is also widespread applause for HOA. Will that leave trail in the housing market? This paper aims to answers these questions by presenting empirical evidence from 113 private gated communities in Chongqing, China. Design/methodology/approach The data set comes from three different sources including a telephone survey. The research methodology includes hedonic models with an endogenous dummy variable of the presence of HOA in a community. Findings HOA is not capitalized in housing price. Research limitations/implications The empirical finding helps to explain why about 80% of private communities in big Chinese cities have not formed an HOA. Originality/value This is the first empirical study on HOA capitalization in housing price in China.

Forensic Engineering Analysis of Residential Underdrain Design Methodologies, Performance, and Failures

In 2014, the basement of a single-family home in a residential subdivision flooded. The homeowner’s insurance company engaged an engineer to conduct forensic investigations, which ultimately determined that the resultant flooding was caused by blockage of an underdrain system to which the home was connected. This system included a main line in the street and a lateral that connected the underdrain to the home’s foundation drain. Subsequent to this event, other homes in the subdivision reported flooding in the basements and crawlspaces. The author was engaged by the subdivision homeowners association (Common Interest Ownership Community or CIOC). The CIOC’s declarations and recorded documents contained no information regarding the existence of the underdrain system. In addition, there was no clear information about the ownership or maintenance responsibility. The author’s field investigations determined the underdrain was not constructed to the applicable minimum standards, and the developer did not provide adequate flow capacity for the number of homes served by the underdrain. The CIOC entered into litigation against the developer, and the author evaluated issues associated with the design, construction, transition, and maintenance of the underdrain system.

General Meeting of Owners of Premises in an Apartment Building: Problems of Legal Status and Implementation of Certain Powers

The article defines the place and significance of the general meeting of owners of apartment building premises in modern legal science and jurisprudence. The author classifies the issues referred to the jurisdiction of this body on the basis of functional and quantitative criteria. Attention is drawn to the ambiguity of the wording of certain powers of the general meeting, which creates difficulties for their implementation. The author highlights expediency of clarifications made by the Supreme Court concerning the content of powers of the body under consideration to make decisions concerning the limits imposed on the use and improvement of the land plot that is the part of the common property of the owners. The author has detected duplication of the general meeting powers to make decisions on establishment of a capital repair foundation and maintenance of common house property and the initiative-forming body of the homeowners’ association when the non-profit organization manages the premises. The conclusion is made that legislative adjustment of these provisions is necessary in order to eliminate the conflict of powers between the bodies under considerations concrete proposals of legislative nature are given.

You’re Murdering Us

This chapter examines the activism of residents of Love Canal, New York, in response to the 1976 discovery of 21,000 tons of buried toxic waste in their community. It concentrates especially on the work of the Love Canal Homeowners Association. Love Canal residents understood the health of the human body through an assemblage of epidemiology, toxicology, and personal experience. They perceived the individual as the marker of community health, environmental reality, scientific legitimacy, and government responsibility, in the process coming to see the entire world as environmentally vulnerable. Their conflicting interpretations of citizenship rights illustrated how they were torn between the conviction that everyone had the right to environmental health, and the belief that the needs of national citizens should be prioritized.

The variegated role of the state in different gated neighbourhoods in China

Housing commodification has led to the development of gated neighbourhoods in China. However, the types of gated neighbourhoods are very different from each other, and include ‘commodity housing’, affordable housing and resettlement housing. They might not be the same as the commonly known ‘gated communities’, which are characterised by both gating and private governance. Using three cases in the city of Wenzhou, we analyse the motivations for development, service provision and property management, and neighbourhood control. In commodity housing, the state is still visible and self-governance is limited, while the real estate developer leads land development and property management. In affordable housing, the state regulates the standards and the prices of services, while the developer is the provider of these services. In resettlement housing, the state uses a state-owned enterprise to relocate households, while the homeowners’ association and the service charges are ineffective. All these cases demonstrate the important and variegated role of the state and provide a more nuanced understanding of these gated neighbourhoods.