Transformation of Housing Relations Involving Legal Entities in the Use of Non-Residential Premises for Habitation

The article examines the issues of transformation of the participation of legal entities in housing relations, taking into account the increase in the number of nonresidential premises used for permanent residence of citizens. As a result of the analysis of the legal positions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the author comes to the conclusion that it is reasonable to consider legal entities — owners of non-residential premises used for permanent residence of citizens as participants in housing relations. It is noted that the exclusively legal status of the premises cannot negate the validity of establishing a similar legal status for legal entities that own residential premises, compared with legal entities that own non-residential premises used for permanent residence of citizens.