The problematic questions connected with rising effectiveness of the inquiry and investigation on the cases of embezzlement in the sphere of housing and communal services are considered in this article. The researcher offers some circumstances causing negative effects on the investigation and induces data about economic and production activity of the housing and the communal services. This information is necessary for studying the reasons of embezzlement and for working out different tactic and technical means and methods aimed at rising effectiveness of the inquiry and investigation on the cases of embezzlement in the sphere of housing and communal services.

Key words: methods, embezzlement, housing and communal services, crime.