Annotation

This article attempts to define the concept of a “collective management entity” as it applies to owners of premises in an apartment building. The concepts of “participation” and “collective entity” are distinguished. An analysis is provided of the phenomenon of “title splitting”—the separate existence of ownership of residential premises and the right to the common property of an apartment building. Various “title” combinations are presented, taking into account various objects of housing relations (apartments, rooms in communal apartments). The relationship between the will of the collective entity and changes in the structure of the common property is established, taking into account the divisibility and indivisibility of its elements. The need for amendments to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation to establish the status of a collective management entity is substantiated.