La Ruche Chapelloise is a public housing company responsible for the municipalities of Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, Godarville and Piéton. In accordance with articles 80 to 85bis and 131 and 162 of the Walloon Housing Code, the purpose of the company is: 1 the management and rental of social housing and similar social housing, means, adapted, integration and transit, according to the terms and conditions set by the Government of the Walloon Region; 2 the purchase, construction, rehabilitation, conservation, improvement, adaptation of housing and the restructuring of buildings which it owns, or to which it has real rights, with a view to allocating them mainly to housing; 3 any real estate transaction and any management or rental operation of buildings with a view to allocating them in part to housing, in accordance with the terms and conditions set by the Government; 4 the sale of buildings it owns; 5 the reception of prospective tenants and tenants, as well as their social support; 6 information and communication to tenants regarding the activities of the company, the program of maintenance, renovation and construction of housing; 7 examining requests from households wishing to buy housing and monitoring contracts; 8 the rental or management of buildings to allocate them to housing, according to the terms and conditions set by the Government; 9 acting as a real estate operator for his own account or that of the holder of the real right; 10 the rental or management of buildings to allocate them to housing, according to the terms and conditions set by the Government; 11 assistance to local authorities in the implementation of local housing policy; 12 roadway equipment, sewers, public lighting, water distribution network, common areas and installations of cultural or social interest forming an integral part of a set of buildings, and the fitting out of this equipment; 13 the constitution of land reserves necessary for the harmonious development of housing, to cede them to individuals or to grant them real rights, by requiring them to maintain the appearance and functional arrangement of the complexes; 14 any new assignment directly related to those referred to in the previous points, set by the Walloon Government on the advice of the Société Wallonne du Logement.