Cernei vs housing stock managing companies

Oleg Cernei, chairman of the Public Amenities Division of the Chisinau Municipal Council, suggested joining the 23 housing stock managing companies into ten such companies, Info-Prim Neo reports. In a news conference on January 25, the municipal councilor said 98% of the housing in Chisinau had been privatized, but the those companies manage 70% of the stock. “The housing stock should be managed by dwellers associations. The 23 housing stock managing companies employ about 1,500 persons. 57% of the money collected yearly for maintaining the apartment buildings - about 60 million lei – is used to pay salaries, while 16% to pay contributions into the social and health insurance funds. Only about 20% of this money goes to maintain the buildings,” Cernei said.