OREANDA-NEWS. October 4, 2011. The State Council Presidium meeting focused on improving the quality of housing and utilities services. In particular, the participants discussed upgrading the housing and utilities infrastructure, the efficiency of housing stock management and the authorities’ coordination and oversight activities in the sphere of housing and utilities services.

Before the meeting, Dmitry Medvedev visited a number of city utilities facilities and talked with local residents.

Dmitry Medvedev began a series of meetings devoted to improving the housing and utilities sector last week. A meeting with local government representatives was held in Zvenigorod, Moscow Region, where the President also inspected the operation of the housing and utilities infrastructure; the second meeting was held with presidential envoys to federal districts and took place yesterday at the Gorki residence.