The impact of temporary registration on utility bills: legislation, rules for calculating rent

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Published: 06/21/2018

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According to current legislation, the obligation to pay utility bills rests with the owners of residential premises, as well as citizens registered in it. In this case, we are talking about both those registered under the conditions of permanent and temporary registration. Typically, the question of changing the amount of utilities during temporary registration is especially of concern to those owners of residential premises who have decided to register tenants (tenants) in their living space.

The procedure for charging utilities according to current legislation
How is the rent calculated based on the number of registered people?
The impact of temporary registration on the size of utilities
Is the number of residents displayed on the utility bill?

General information

The amount of the fee, established depending on the number of persons who are registered in a given apartment or other residential building, is calculated in cases where there are no meters for accounting for consumed resources.

If there are no individual meters for metering the resource consumed, then utility bills are calculated based on the number of persons living in one apartment (house).

At the same time, to record persons living in one place, data on registered residents, including temporarily, is used. In this case, the payment amount is calculated based on the period of temporary stay in a given place.

At your place of permanent residence, you can write an application to request a recalculation of payment for services related to the supply of resources and maintenance.

FAQ

Quite often, citizens have questions related to the procedure for paying payments when settling persons with temporary registration.

In particular, people are interested in the issue of maintaining benefits in this case and settling tenants. How is payment carried out in this case?

Subsidies

Temporary registration does not affect the provision of subsidies.

First of all, you need to find out:

whether the owner has the right to receive a subsidy;
whether he has grounds for this - in particular, it is necessary to check the level of total family income.

Here is a sample application for a subsidy.

Temporary registration can only affect the increase in fees for utilities, for which payment is not carried out by meters.

Benefits for utility bills for military pensioners are provided in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Do you need a sample for filling out a notice of debt on utility bills? See here.

Don’t know how to draw up an agreement to repay debts on utility bills? Details in this article.

Tenants

If the owner of the apartment has registered tenants on a permanent basis, this also affects the amount of utility bills, as with temporary registration. This means that the owner will also pay for them, since the amount of payments will be based on the number of people living.

However, it is quite difficult to convert permanent registration to temporary.

In this case it is necessary:

or remove tenants from registration;
or they are independently deregistered;
or the issue will be resolved in court.

In this case, during temporary registration, utility bills can be avoided at the permanent residence address by providing the Housing Office only with a document confirming payment of utility bills at the temporary registration address.

There will be an increase in utility bills during temporary registration, but the installation of meters will significantly change the situation, which will help reduce the amount of the monthly payment.

In this case, the payment will increase only for the topic of the service, the calculation of which is carried out only according to the number of citizens living in the apartment.

Procedure for calculating rent

The procedure for charging fees for housing and communal services is determined by the types of services.

These include:

electricity;
gas supply;
water supply;
drainage;
heating;
garbage removal;
maintenance of elevators and intercoms;
current repairs of the building;
major renovation of the building.

Services such as water supply, sewerage, gas supply and electricity are calculated either based on the indicators of individual metering devices (meters), or according to a standard based on the number of people living. Moreover, if the second method is used, then all citizens living in the same apartment are taken into account, both children and adults. The type of registration (permanent or temporary) also does not matter.

In order to determine the amount to be paid in the absence of meters, it is necessary to multiply the established standards per person by the number of residents.

An important factor when determining the amount of payment using this method is the time of residence, since such registration has time limits.

To calculate heating fees, you do not need meters or the number of people living in a given territory, since it is carried out on the basis of information about the area of such a territory. Other payments have a fixed fee.

Impact on rent

A potential increase in the amount of payments may be an unpleasant surprise for the owners of the living space. The rent is affected by the presence of water, gas and light meters in the apartment; in this case, the cost will be increased only for these types of services. If there are no meters, the amount of payments is calculated taking into account tariffs, the coefficients of which are multiplied by the exact number of residents. According to the law, the costs of payment must be borne by a citizen who has a temporary registration.

Important! The remaining sections of the receipt, including payment for the elevator, use of the garbage chute, routine repairs and heating, are not related to the number of people registered in the apartment, since they are calculated based on the number of square meters.

Each metering device monthly calculates the exact amount, which also does not depend on the number of living citizens, since it is influenced by the frequency of use of electricity, gas and water. The homeowner should discuss in advance with the future tenant the issue of payment and increase in payments, as well as determine the amount of payments that he will need to make every month. This is an important issue that should be given special attention. In general you can expect that:

Payment for the real estate will remain at the same level, since this amount depends on the area of the apartment as a whole.
Payment for metered services will be calculated based on how often residents use gas, electricity and water.
Payment for services for which meters are not installed is calculated taking into account standards per person and specific region of residence.
The fee for garbage removal and security of public places will change only if one owner was previously registered in the apartment at the current place of residence.

Does temporary registration affect utility bills?

Temporary registration affects utility bills. Due to the larger number of people living, fees for housing and communal services increase.

If the owner does not notify the management company that the number of people living in his apartment has changed, he faces a fine of up to 150,000 rubles.

A recalculation will also be made for the entire period from which a new resident was added.

The procedure for collecting debt on utility bills is determined by current legislation. How to pay utility bills through Sberbank Online? See here.

Temporary residence begins to be such if a person stays for more than five days in a given apartment or other facility.

How much do they increase?

Payments for utilities increase in any case when the number of citizens living in one apartment increases.

Even if individual metering meters are installed, with greater consumption of resources, metering indicators will increase, and, consequently, the amount of payment for housing and communal services will increase.

However, if a person who has temporary registration in another apartment does not live there, then the indications for consumed resources will not change much.

If metering meters are not installed, and the payment amount directly depends on the number of residents, since it is calculated from such an indicator, an increase in the cost of payment for such services will occur in any case. This increase is directly proportional to the number of residents with both permanent and temporary registration.

So, for example, if one person has permanent registration and temporarily registers another person with him, then the increase in the payment amount will be 50%. If two people had permanent registration in the apartment and a third person is temporarily registered with them, then the increase will be about 30%. If four – then 25%, etc.

Nuances of rent during temporary registration

In the Russian Federation, there is a clear procedure for paying for services provided by utility companies. It does not matter whether the apartment is privatized or not.

The issue of communal services becomes acute when the homeowner plans to register a third party. How does temporary registration differ from permanent registration in terms of paying for utilities? It is better to find out about this and other things in advance, so that there is no need to litigate the case in court and not be brought to administrative liability.

Utilities concept

Making monthly payments for the consumption of utility services is the responsibility of every citizen. It is established at the legislative level. Payment for utilities contains several items. It is calculated in a certain way.

Heating calculation method: the area of the home is multiplied by consumption standards and the tariff established by law for thermal energy.

Payments for electricity, cold and hot water, gas are calculated according to meter readings. In their absence, the number of persons registered in the premises is taken as a basis. Is temporary registration taken into account? Yes. Permanent residents and temporarily registered residents are considered.

Calculation method for water and electricity: the number of registered individuals is multiplied by the consumption standard and the tariff established for a specific resource.

Method of calculation for gas (indicators of all points are added, and the result is multiplied by the gas tariff):

the living area is multiplied by the consumption standard;
the number of registered citizens is multiplied by the gas standard established for cooking;
the number of registered people is multiplied by the gas rate set for heating water.

When calculating payment for solid waste removal, the number of people living in the premises is also taken as a basis. Does temporary registration affect rent? Of course it does.

As the number of registered citizens increases, the total amount for utilities increases. In accordance with the regulations, the amount of payment is not affected by the fact for whom it is necessary to pay for utilities - for an adult or a child.

Normative base

The rent is calculated in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, which are regulated by the Housing Code.

Housing code items that are taken into account when calculating utilities:

The list of mandatory services, which are prescribed in Article 153, includes water supply and sanitation, gas, electricity, solid waste removal, heating, and housing services.

If there is a person with temporary registration in the apartment, then the days spent by him are included in the calculation of the rent.

Rights and responsibilities of a registered resident

According to Russian legislation, or rather its administrative part, temporary registration at the place of actual location is required for citizens who intend to stay for more than 90 days. Registration is carried out only with the written permission of the owner of the property, co-owners or responsible tenant.

According to the law, the owner of the residential premises must take care to provide the tenant with temporary registration. Failure to comply with this condition is subject to a fine of 1,500-2,500 rubles.

If the temporarily registered person is not a relative of the owner, he only has the right to use housing and utilities. In the future, he will not be able to count on the square meters of the apartment. This is not affected by the amount of money spent to improve the life of the premises, for example, replacing a window or painting walls.

The question arises whether a person with temporary registration needs to pay for utilities. By law, he is not responsible to the services providing the services prescribed in Article 153. In other words, temporarily registered residents are not responsible for the formation of utility debts. It is necessary to agree on making timely payment in advance, and it is better to fix this point in a written contract.

If desired, the owner can bypass the registration requirement of the law. To do this, the person renting temporary housing submits an application to government agencies that deal with migration issues. In the meantime, the owner issues a refusal. Formal requirements are met, without risk to the homeowner.

How will the rent change during temporary registration?

The presence of a meter for each type of communal service will allow you to immediately notice changes in the consumption of services, regardless of the number of people living. But does the rent increase during temporary registration without the presence of measuring instruments? Upon receipt of a payment receipt, you can obtain comprehensive information about all payment points.

A change in the number of residents will not affect payment on the following points:

elevator maintenance;
using a garbage disposal;
heating;
home repair work.

All these services are calculated based on the total area of the living space.

Another thing is that each new resident will spend additional water, gas, and electricity. The extent to which this will affect the communal apartment will depend on the person himself, his habits and ability to conduct everyday life. These points need to be discussed in advance.

Will there be an increase in amounts?

When moving residents into his premises located in an apartment building, the owner must understand that by registering them temporarily, he is increasing the rent. Even the temporary stay of a baby affects how the utilities will change.

Temporary registration provides for the calculation of utility bills on a general basis. Therefore, the rent will increase in proportion to the number of registered people. This applies to payments that are made without the use of a measuring device. According to average indicators, the amount payable will be increased by 100 rubles for each new tenant.

If a large number of people are registered in the apartment, utility services have the right to change the tariff from the basic to a special one. This will lead to an increase in the cost of one unit of service. When a temporary resident is deregistered, tariffs will return to their previous state.

How many rubles the amounts in receipts will change depends on the availability of meters, the total square footage of housing, and the number of registered citizens.

Possible recalculation

A temporary resident can retain his permanent registration. But then he should take care to recalculate the utilities.

It is possible to get rid of the need to pay rent at two addresses. But this procedure will only apply to services that are calculated according to standards. To do this, you should contact the housing office at the place of main registration with a document that will confirm the fact of temporary registration. You will also need to write a statement.

An application for recalculation can also be written by the owner of the apartment who does not agree with the amount presented or has doubts about the correctness of the data included in the receipt. According to the law, utility companies are required to double-check the specified information, as well as recalculate the amounts if the need arises.

Grounds for recalculation

If a citizen has temporary registration, then, in fact, housing and communal services are paid for him in two places:

at the place of permanent residence;
at the place of temporary residence.

To prevent such situations from arising, this citizen can write an application for recalculation of the amount of payment for utility services and attach to it a document confirming his such right.

It is a document indicating temporary registration in another place during a certain period. During this period, recalculation will be made.

Recalculation is also possible due to inaccuracies or errors in payment receipts. In this situation, the owner of the apartment writes a statement in which he points out the fact that there is an inaccuracy.

If this fact is confirmed, then the management office will not be able to return the excess payment amount. But he will be able to count it towards payment of upcoming payments.

A sample application for recalculation of utility bills is here.

The procedure for charging utilities according to current legislation

The procedure for calculating and paying utility bills is contained in the Housing Code. This responsibility falls on all citizens registered in the apartment. So, according to Art. 153 of the Housing Code, citizens are obliged to pay monthly utility bills and pay rent for living quarters.

In Art. 154 of the Housing Code states that fees for utility services include:

cold water fee;
electricity;
for hot water;
thermal energy;
gas (including domestic gas in cylinders);
solid fuel (for stove heating);
sewerage;
solid waste management.

In addition to the above cost areas, the list of utility services may include fees for other resources and work.

Who is eligible for the subsidy?

The subsidy is received by the owner of an apartment or other residential property. At the same time, the number of people living with him does not matter if the social protection authorities recognize him as in need of such support.

A subsidy is a certain type of benefit. It represents a refund of part of the costs incurred to pay for utilities.

Such return is carried out by the state. But not all citizens of the country receive it, but only those who belong to the category of low-income people. Or, in other words, those whose average monthly income is less than the minimum established in a particular region, and those whose costs for housing and communal services account for more than 20% of their total income.

To receive such a benefit, you will need to contact the social protection authorities with a corresponding application. Then collect a list of necessary documents confirming the status of a low-income family. As a rule, these are copies of employment documents and certificates from the place of work about income for a certain period. You will also need to submit the current account of the owner of the apartment or other residential property to the social service for a refund.

Find out where to view utility debts. Who is entitled to a subsidy for utility bills? Information here.

What is the statute of limitations for paying utility bills? Details in this article.

The mechanism for providing the subsidy is as follows:

the owner pays utilities on time and in full;
next month, state authorities for social protection of the population transfer part of the paid funds to the bank account specified in the application.

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To receive benefits, the applicant must not have debts to pay for such services.

Controversial situations

In addition to the question of whether the owner's rent increases if other persons are temporarily registered, every homeowner worries about potential risks. There are situations when temporarily registered residents refuse to voluntarily leave the premises. In this case, the apartment owner has the right to go to court and forcefully discharge them. Risks can be minimized by registering one or more citizens for a period of no more than 6 months. You can contact the court if:

the tenant does not want to voluntarily leave the territory of the apartment;
a citizen registered temporarily leads an asocial lifestyle;
the tenant refuses to pay utilities in full, despite the fact that the number of tenants has increased;
temporary registration was issued without obtaining the consent of the owner.

You can file a claim not only by going to court in person; the apartment owner also has the right to send a claim by mail. In some cases, the mandatory presence of the owner is required. Most often, the court satisfies the claims of the apartment owners and compensates them for the damage caused. It is advisable to prevent any risks associated with temporary registration in advance in order to avoid unpleasant consequences and high legal costs.

In the Russian Federation, there is a clear procedure for paying for services provided by utility companies. It does not matter whether the apartment is privatized or not.

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What is Rent?

By rent, people mean payment for utilities. Based on the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 05/06/2011 N 354 (as amended on 09/09/2017) “On the provision of utility services to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings”, part 2, utility services mean the implementation of the activities of the contractor to supply consumers with any utility resource individually or 2 or more of them in any combination, in order to ensure favorable and safe conditions for the use of residential, non-residential premises, common property in an apartment building in the cases established by these Rules, as well as land plots and residential buildings (households) located on them . The utility service includes the service for handling municipal solid waste.

Rights and responsibilities of a registered resident

Therefore, it is logical to assume that if another tenant appears in the apartment, the volume of water or light consumption will increase and there will be an increase in the amount of payment for housing services.

The legislator has provided an action plan for those who own housing, but do not live there and, accordingly, do not use the resources offered by housing companies. In such a situation, the owner has every chance to significantly reduce his rent costs, but only if it is proven that not a single person is registered in the apartment. It will be necessary to pay utility bills, regardless of how many people want to live in the apartment. That is, you cannot completely get rid of the obligation in question to pay for utilities, but you can reduce some expenses.

Such a subsidy is issued if the rent is a certain percentage of the salary. In each region of our state, this ratio may have different indicators, which must be established by local legislative acts.