As a result of the repeal, ARA's functions and personnel will be transferred to the Ministry of the Environment. A body will be established in the ministry, which will be responsible for housing policy measures belonging to ARA.
The goal of the transfer is the effective strategic guidance and monitoring of the implementation of the state's housing policy. As a result of the move, the ministry's position in housing policy and housing market monitoring will be strengthened.
In our opinion, ARA's decision-making system and organization regarding production subsidies has not functioned in the best possible way. The decision-making process is multi-generational with various interim decisions. Monitoring of application processing is not transparent and equal treatment of applicants may not be achieved. We consider it important that the functionality of operating practices and processes is evaluated in connection with the transfer. There is clearly a need to simplify and streamline processes.
In particular, ARA's current operations should be critically evaluated, where there are so-called planning and implementation guidance related to individual funding decisions. As "ARA standards" and additional requirements. In our opinion, the planning and implementation of government-subsidized housing production projects should only meet the requirements of construction laws and regulations. In addition, we consider it important that, in the future, ARA production enables various modern construction project implementation models, such as an alliance.
The construction industry RT considers it important that the administrative reform does not cause a delay in the functionality of the processes and does not make it more difficult to make financial decisions.