Minsk has an international reputation for cleanness and tidiness. 10 unitary enterprises, 125 operational housing services, communal unitary enterprise 'SokolKommunService', 6 housing and communal utilities enterprises work on keeping the capital of the Republic of Belarus tidy and clean. State production enterprise 'Minsk City Housing Service' coordinates the activities of housing and communal utilities enterprises of Minsk. Housing and communal utilities enterprises exercise a great number of services such as emergency maintenance of housing facilities, picking up and removal of solid domestic waste, mechanized cleaning of the city territory, etc. The core function of community housing organizations is overhaul planning and carrying out as well as current building repair and maintenance.
The housing and communal reforms are intended to decrease the costs of housing and communal services as well as to increase the quality of consumer service, to enhance public awareness of saving energy, following rules of territory accomplishment and sanitary maintenance of Minsk.