Officials in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, realized the need for housing maintenance reform and in June 1993 signed an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development for a program in housing reform. In April 1995, 61 municipal buildings were placed under maintenance contracts with three private firms. Using data from a 1994 citywide survey and from a 1995 survey of 819 households included in the pilot program, this analysis compares the maintenance of state maintenance organizations to that of the private firms.
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