Reception of the Experience of the NWFD Regions in Providing Housing for Persons from the Category of Orphans (St. Petersburg’ case)

Social policy in any country is an integral part of public administration. The most important tasks of the social policy of the Russian Federation are the social protection of citizens, the provision of assistance to those in need. Some of those who belong to the category of “needy” are persons among orphans and children left without parental care. This paper describes the experience in regions of the North-Western Federal District on providing housing for orphans and children left without parental care. The conducted empirical research made it possible to identify the main problems in the implementation of social measures to provide housing for orphans (on the example of St. Petersburg). The system of introducing housing certificates in the Kaliningrad region was also analyzed, in which such a practice of providing housing is already functioning as a pilot project. Data analysis has showed the modern system of providing housing for orphans and children left without parental care in the Russian regions should be modified.