The article touches upon the issues of ensuring the reliability of structures in the field of residential architecture. The aim of the paper is to make a general analysis of the existing database on standard housing blocks built in Yerevan and identify the tasks of the strategy to ensure their operating life. The article has been elaborated based on scientific publications, archival materials and field observations, by scientific methods of theoretical research, analysis, classification and generalization. The available information on the topic has been presented, because of the generalization of which the problems emerged in buildings were divided into structural, engineering and artistic directions. The latter served as the basis for clarifying the tasks, which were discussed in the context of supplementing the existing studies in the following areas: history of development, current state, and international experience. It was substantiated that the completed database will make it possible to develop scientifically founded recommendations aimed at ensuring the operating life of standard housing blocks in Yerevan. The main tasks of the process strategy and directions for future works were identified. The obtained outcomes can be useful both for programs for the modernization of the housing stock in Yerevan, and for the development of theoretical works related to the reconstruction of residential buildings in general.