How NOT to pay utility bills legally.

Cancellation of utility benefits for disabled people

Before the State Duma elections were initiated, Russian citizens saw a number of important bills that were drawn up to make life easier for vulnerable segments of the population - those who have registered as disabled. As of 2020, 2 bills are already being actively worked on:

Concerns housing and communal services benefits for disabled people.
Law 2 states that organizations of people with disabilities can hope to be allocated non-residential premises and small buildings free of charge for long-term use.

“Half discount” - will it help? Indeed, the measure to introduce housing and communal services benefits for people with disabilities in 2020 could not have come at a better time. Perhaps paying utility bills is the largest expense item, not counting the cost of feeding an ordinary Russian family. For disabled people, most of whom require constant treatment (after all, due to health reasons they cannot always afford to work), at least a partial abolition of fees for the consumption of natural resources is a tangible help.

What payments for housing and communal services can you avoid paying?

The National Center for Public Control in the Housing and Public Utilities Sector told us what housing and communal services services you don’t have to pay for. As it turned out, you can refuse to pay for personal consumption of electricity, water and disposal.

What you have to pay for
The executive director of the National Center for Public Control in the Housing and Communal Services Sector (Housing and Communal Services Control), Svetlana Razvorotneva, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta that residents must pay a 100 percent fee for utility resources consumed for general household needs and for heating. Because even a house in which the majority of owners do not live must still be heated. And if you haven’t taken meter readings for a long time, that is, you haven’t done it for more than six months, then they begin to charge you payments according to the standard with an increasing factor. And you can’t refuse this either.

What you can't pay for

You can refuse to pay for personal consumption of electricity, water and disposal. To do this, you need to send an application to the organization that issues, for example, water charges, stating that you live at a different address. And then they won’t charge you for water.

How can I refuse payment?

It is necessary to install metering devices, or confirm that their installation is impossible in this house and send an application with these documents to the appropriate organization whose services you have decided to refuse.

Expert opinion

The press service of the Gorvodokanal told Smolnarod that this practice is also common in Smolensk, especially in new buildings where the owners of the apartments do not live and do not rent them out.

— If the apartment has cold and hot water meters installed, then in the absence of residents these utilities will not be used. Therefore, no fee will be charged for them either. To do this, you need to contact the resource supplying organization with an application. If meters are not installed, then the fee will be charged according to the standards, based on the number of residents registered in the apartment. From January 1, 2020, the new version of Resolution 354 allows recalculation in the event of a temporary absence of a consumer only if there is no technical possibility of installing a meter accompanied by an inspection report confirming the fact that it is not technically possible to install a meter. Once every 6 months, control visits are made to such premises to check metering devices. In this case, Gorvodokanal is guided exclusively by the rules of Government Decree No. 354, the department noted.

The head of the Center for Public Control in the sphere of housing and communal services of the Smolensk region, Roman Romanov, told the editorial staff of Smolnarod that in this way you can refuse to pay for utilities (in principle, everything except heating) if you do not live at this address and prove this with documents. For example, provide a certificate that you temporarily live in another place and pay utilities there.

— As for practice, we (the Center) very often have to face the problem of paying for utilities in (former) dormitories. They are considered as communal apartments, and if there is no agreement with the neighbors, you do not live there permanently, it is impossible to install a meter, or it is very difficult (costly), there may be several owners. In this case, the owners of dorm rooms are forced to pay for actually unused utilities (accrued according to the standards). This is unfair and illegal, but this can only be proven in court. And, as a rule, such people do not go to trial,” noted Roman Romanov.

How to refuse a subsidy for housing and communal services if it has already been assigned

16 16 At the moment, it is becoming increasingly difficult for citizens to pay for housing and communal services due to constantly rising tariffs. Moreover, the cost of almost all housing and communal services (HCS) is increasing: electricity, rent, water and sewerage, and, oddly enough, even gas. The reason for this, of course, is inflation and the lack of wage indexation corresponding to price increases.

To be able to pay for these services, citizens can seek help from the relevant authorities or organizations that can provide a subsidy. It is worth noting that for a number of reasons a citizen may be deprived of the right to receive a subsidy.

What services can you not pay for?

Vadim Kozinets, the manager says that the tenant may well refuse to pay for a radio point or television antenna. But this doesn't mean you should just stop paying. The refusal is formalized. You need to write an application to one of the authorized organizations, or contact the public services center for help. The situation with paying for a TV antenna is similar. Your management company must provide you with the name of the organization that provides the television broadcast service. Your task is to write an application for disconnection. But here you need to take into account one nuance. At the time of writing the application, you should not have any debts for the service provided. If you have them, you must pay off all debts. This also applies to the service for the radio point.

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The issue of paying for the elevator by people who live on the first floors still remains open. It is quite logical on their part to argue that they do not use the elevator. But in this case, the owner of the apartment located on the first floor does not pay for the fact that he uses or does not use the elevator, but for the operation of the common property. We received this explanation from an expert who deals with the management of an apartment building. He also explains that the payment made goes towards the safe operation and maintenance of the elevator equipment.

But as the legal aid center explains, residents of the first floors still have the opportunity not to pay for elevator maintenance and repairs. But for this, according to the law, a general meeting of the house must be held, the agenda of which will include the issue that residents of the first floors are not required to pay for elevator services. Then a vote is taken by the total number of residents and the decision made is documented in the minutes of the meeting of the general building meeting. If you have such a decision in hand, then you can contact management companies with it.

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But in practice, in most cases these issues are resolved not in favor of the residents of the first floors, since those who live above do not agree with this position. Their arguments are quite understandable. After all, if the first floor does not pay for the elevator, then the payment for maintenance and repair of the elevator does not disappear, but is divided among the remaining residents.

Among other things, you may not pay for utilities if the service provided to you does not correspond to reality. For example, many payment bills have a clause indicating a certain amount for cleaning the entrance. There's really no cleaning going on. Let's say that utilities are provided with deviations from the established parameters. In this case, this fact is confirmed by drawing up an act with a representative of the management company. The act records not only the fact of violation of the right to quality public services, but also cases of work on the maintenance of apartment buildings that were carried out with violations or not properly. The drawn up act can be considered as a basis for reducing the payment that goes towards repair work and maintenance of the apartment building. If any controversial issues arise, residents can contact the management organization directly and request that a report be drawn up when inspecting common areas. This refers to the condition of the local area, cleaning of entrances or garbage removal.

You can pay for housing and communal services in smaller amounts in the following cases:

If there is no hot water for 6 hours a day or such interruptions occur more than 2 times a month (this applies to round-the-clock centralized hot water supply);
If water is not supplied more than 30% of the total time, and water supply is interrupted more than 2 times a month (with centralized water supply according to the schedule);

In this case, payment for hot water should be reduced in proportion to the time for which the permissible delivery period was exceeded - by 3.3 percent of the monthly payment for each day during which the permissible period of deviations from the indicator was exceeded.

If hot water does not meet the quality indicators according to the state standard or the requirements of sanitary legislation are violated, then the cost should be reduced by 10 percent. Recalculation must be made for the entire period during which a discrepancy in the composition and properties of water was noticed.

Rules and reasons for refusing a subsidy after its assignment

At the moment, it is becoming increasingly difficult for citizens to pay for housing and communal services due to constantly rising tariffs.

But it also happens that in some situations an individual may need to refuse compensation for housing and communal services. In this article we will talk about how this can be done and consider the main points related to the termination of transfers and their restoration.

Moreover, the cost of almost all housing and communal services (HCS) is increasing: electricity, rent, water and sewerage, and, oddly enough, even gas. The reason for this, of course, is inflation and the lack of wage indexation corresponding to price increases. To be able to pay for these services, citizens can seek help from the relevant authorities or organizations that can provide.

It is worth noting that for a number of reasons a citizen may be deprived of the right to receive a subsidy.

Refusal from the management company

It also happens that the Criminal Code refuses. Moreover, he has the right to do so. According to paragraph 1 of Art. 310 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, there is a ban on unilateral refusal to fulfill obligations. That is, simply not paying with the whole house is not an option. The same article provides for a ban on unilateral changes to the terms of a previously concluded agreement.

What to do in this case? Look for a new management company that will meet your requirements and arguments justifying the legality of termination of the contract from the list above . To refuse services provided by the management company is just red tape. But if you are determined and armed with ironclad arguments, then getting rid of unwanted suppliers is quite possible.

Official website of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation stood up for the rights of socially vulnerable categories of citizens to receive benefits for utility bills and contributions for major repairs: the court considered a dispute between a group II disabled person and officials of the Smolensk region, who, because of a debt of only 825 rubles, deprived her of subsidies.

The Supreme Court emphasized that the program of assistance to certain categories of citizens is federal, therefore local laws on restrictions on the payment of compensation are not the main ones. The highest authority also called on the courts to treat residents with housing and communal services debts more humanely and to study the reasons why they do not pay their bills.

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Debt itself cannot be grounds for depriving a citizen of social support, the RF Armed Forces indicate.

A resident of the Smolensk region was provided with a measure of social support in the form of compensation for expenses for living quarters and utilities and partially for major repairs.

How to avoid paying utility bills

Advice from lawyers:

1. Tell me, is it possible now to not pay utility bills during quarantine? Thank you.

1.1. Only payment for cap is excluded. repair.

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2. My brother is in prison. What should I provide to the HOA so as not to pay utility bills?

2.1. Request a certificate from the IC, charges will be reduced for the services provided, but in general you will still have to pay.

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3. The son does not pay utility bills in full and refuses to pay for electricity.

3.1. Excuse me, how can I help as a lawyer?

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4. I have debts on utility bills. I haven’t lived in the apartment for 3 years. My wife and children live there and are collecting debts. How can this issue be resolved? I am the owner of this apartment and I am paying the mortgage.

4.1. — wait until the management company and resource suppliers file a lawsuit; - all living adults are required to pay for housing maintenance and utilities...; — you, as the owner, participate only in the maintenance of the housing and are not obliged to pay for communal services; - if there are meters for water and gas supply, then they are required to submit monthly readings - otherwise they will be charged according to the average, taking into account the number of registered persons...

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4.2. You can file a claim against your wife and children; they are required to pay part of the payments. And the court will take into account whether you lived there or not.

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5. The landlord is an individual who leased non-residential premises to an individual entrepreneur for one year under a lease agreement. The individual tenant did not pay rent and utility bills for half a year. Can I recover this money through court if the agreement is not registered?

5.1. Despite the fact that a lease agreement concluded for a period of 1 year must be registered, this does not deprive you of the opportunity to collect the rental debt in court. There is a good practice regarding your question, please contact us.

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5.2. Hello. Yes, it is possible to recover funds. There is positive judicial practice in similar cases.

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5.3. Review of the practice of consideration by arbitration courts of the Moscow region of cases related to the conclusion and execution of a lease agreement (financial lease). 4. In the absence of state registration of a real estate lease agreement for a period of more than 1 year, such an agreement is considered unconcluded and cannot be the basis for the emergence of civil rights and obligations, even if the parties took actions to implement it. (Based on the materials of the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Moscow Region dated August 16, 2006 No. KG-A 40/6565-06 in case No. A 40-83136/05-52-705) Sincerely, lawyer – Vadim Igorevich Stepanov.

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6. I am asking you for help. A 65-year-old pensioner has taken out several loans for which she cannot repay the debts; she only pays interest. The debt for utility bills is growing because she has nothing to pay; her entire pension is spent on paying off interest on various loans. She shares an apartment with two adult children, who live separately and do not help with payments. In fact, a person lives without income at all. Please tell me, is it possible to help her somehow? Is there a way out?

6.1. Good afternoon. Exit in court, in such situations it is in court that debts should be dealt with, the only home is not affected by debts, no matter how final they are. Do not pay and wait for the lawsuit, defend your position in court, after the decision it is possible to turn to the court again, for an installment plan for the execution of the judicial act on debt collection.

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6.2. In this case, if the pensioner has no income. Then the debt for utility bills will be collected from the daughters.

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7. I have a question. We rented an apartment from a girl, the contract was printed out from the Internet, we signed it, we agreed. We didn’t live even three months, paid 15,000 (quarantine, the joint venture was delayed), and generally paid for utilities. Now the owner is demanding another 35,000 and threatening to sue, although we personally discussed that we would pay utility bills during quarantine. So what's now? The apartment was rented out, everything is fine. She didn’t say anything, then she wrote about the debt. What should I do?

7.1. You must pay the amount specified in the contract; oral agreements have no legal force.

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8. My father issued a deed of gift for the apartment in my name and stopped paying utility bills, won’t let me into the apartment, won’t give me documents, in January there was a trial, which I didn’t know about, a decision was made to pay my debt in the amount of 50 thousand rubles, the case handed over to bailiffs, accounts frozen. We have been living in another region for many years and have temporary registration. What to do?

8.1. Cancel the court order for collection. File a claim for division of accounts, for elimination of obstacles in the use of residential premises. Possibly about eviction. Alas, the right of ownership gives rise not only to rights, but also to responsibilities.

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9. My husband and I are divorced; we have 3 children and he doesn’t pay child support in our shared apartment; he has 1/10 of the documents; it’s considered to be his only home, but he doesn’t live in it and doesn’t pay utility bills. Can I take legal action to pay off the debt? take his share?

9.1. You can if you enter into a settlement agreement in court. Otherwise, no.

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10. My ex-wife and I divorced, but there was no division of property. She refuses to pay the mortgage and utilities in half, and lays claim to the property. She has already accumulated 52,800 rubles in debt, how can she properly go to court? what state pay duty? Where can I find the application form?

10.1. Hello. You won't find a form like this. Lawyers prepare claims for a specific situation. We need to fully study your situation and documents so that we can help you.

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10.2. Draw up a claim and submit it. The court will collect 1/2 payments. State duty based on the amount of the claim. There are no forms.

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11. The heirs actually entered into the inheritance. One of the heirs lives in the residential building alone. Pays for utilities. Due to bad relations, the remaining heirs cannot live there. All utilities are charged according to meters. That is, one heir uses all the resources. Threatens to recover through court. Do we have a chance to defend our position and not pay for utilities if we don’t live there?

11.1. If utility bills are calculated according to individual metering devices and only one of the heirs lives there, then he cannot recover the amount of these utility bills from you.

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12. My mother and I want to rent out two rooms in a 3-room apartment. Mom has 1/2, I have 1/4 and my brother has 1/4, but he is against it. He is registered there, but does not pay utility bills. Mom is a pensioner, and I don’t work (a housewife). Can we not ask my brother’s consent to rent out 2 rooms? None of us live in the apartment at the moment.

12.1. Good afternoon, Maria. In principle, you can pass, but you are obliged to pay monetary compensation to your brother.

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13. I rent an apartment. I pay rent and utilities. I’ve been living in a different place for a month now due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to rent, should I also pay utility bills if I haven’t lived in the apartment for a month?

13.1. This depends on the terms of the concluded contract.

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13.2. No, you shouldn't if you haven't used it. And most likely the contract was wrong, not official, you can just forget it, if you live in another place, you don’t have to pay rent, the owner won’t be able to do anything, because he himself violates the law regarding the payment of taxes. Ignore the owner of the apartment or pay, as you wish.

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14. Please, when selling 1/2 share in an apartment, does my debt for utility bills go to the new owner or remain with me? If the debt remains on me, can I not pay it for now or can they sue me?

14.1. Remains with you, the new owner can sue you.

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15. Please, when selling 1/2 share in an apartment, does my debt for utility bills go to the new owner or remain with me? If the debt remains on me, can I not pay it for now or can they sue me?

15.1. Hello, Marina. The debt remains with you, due to the provisions of Art. 153 Housing Code of the Russian Federation. It is advisable to pay off your utility debt as soon as possible. Otherwise, housing and communal services employees can go to court and recover from you not only the amount of debt, but also the amount of state duty, as well as other legal expenses. And then the bailiffs will also charge you an additional enforcement fee.

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16. Parental rights to children were deprived. But they are still registered with me. The eldest child was adopted. I don’t pay child support for him, but the other two are in the family. Utilities go to all three. Is it possible to do something so as not to pay utility bills for them, because they don’t use a com. services.

16.1. Hello, unfortunately it is not possible. While your children are registered with you, you will not be able to cancel utility bills. Only if they change their registration address to their actual place of residence.

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17. I have a lawsuit with the management company (I filed a claim for violation of consumer rights), temporarily suspended payment of bills for housing and communal services, since the claim is related to incorrect calculation of utility bills. Is this legal? The representative of the Criminal Code did not appear at the first meeting, the judge postponed the meeting to August, this worries me because I do not pay my bills.

17.1. You need to pay, if anything, then file a recalculation claim in court.

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18. The owners of MK declared the OSS protocol invalid in court. Question: does the management company have the right to collect arrears of utility bills from the owners for the period of its activities, since the protocol was declared invalid, and accordingly their activities were invalid? The management company also says that we are obliged to pay them until a new manager is chosen, is that true?

18.1. What was the OSS protocol about? As for the debt for utility payments, Article 154 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, the following situation is here: if utilities were provided, then the owners need to pay for them. Recognizing the protocol as invalid does not relieve the owners from the obligation that is prescribed in Articles 153 and 154 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, both to pay for utilities and to repay the debt for these services Until you have chosen a new management company, you need to pay the old management company.

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19. The husband took out a mortgage for his brother, since he was denied this. Accordingly, the apartment was registered in the name of the husband. The mortgage was paid after the fact and the husband’s brother lived in the apartment and in good faith she was his. But he did not pay utility bills all this time. And my husband found out about this when the writ of execution came to work. Brother refuses to pay. Is there any way for us to somehow get rid of this problem?

19.1. The owner is responsible.

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19.2. Hello. Alas, the burden of payments lies with the owner, in accordance with Art. 30 Housing Code of the Russian Federation. If the brother is registered, then he, along with the owner, bears the responsibility for payment.

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20. Please tell me, my mother lives in an apartment, I am the owner, she does not pay utility bills, leads an antisocial lifestyle, can I evict her? And how to do it.

20.1. Hello, I need to file a claim in court.

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Benefits for paying utility bills in 2020

› For most families in the Russian Federation, paying for services is a significant burden on the wallet.

Not everyone knows that the state is ready to share their hardships with citizens.

It provides benefits for utility bills. There are two types of social support. Let's try to figure out who can apply for budget funds in 2020. Housing and communal services are a huge economic complex.

We all deal with him because we use his services. It includes enterprises that supply electricity, heat, and water. In addition, there are organizations that care for the housing stock. Each works for the population, charging a fee for their work. All of these organizations provide housing and communal services.

The state tries to financially support socially vulnerable and deserved citizens. This is done in two ways:

subsidies.
accrual of benefits;

These are different types of support.

Is it possible and how to refuse subsidies for housing and communal services?

› There is a constant increase in the cost of utility services.

For this reason, the number of citizens who apply for a subsidy to pay for them is increasing. But there are cases in which citizens need to refuse the government assistance provided to them in the form of a subsidy to pay for utilities (utilities). Next, we will consider the question of how to refuse subsidies for housing and communal services. Download for viewing and printing: Those sections of society that have a small income are entitled to apply for a subsidy to pay utility bills and rent.

Then the family spends more than 20% of the joint income of all family members on paying for utilities. Attention! The above percentage is based on the applicant's area of residence.

For example, in Moscow, a family can spend a maximum of 10% of their joint income on rent and utility bills. A mandatory requirement for receiving

Subsidies for housing and communal services for pensioners in 2020

//For pensioners in 2020Pensioners are citizens who are especially in need of social and financial assistance. Weak physical condition does not allow older people to find additional income to meet their own needs. Attention The current government considers the problem very acute, therefore in 2020 it is providing financial assistance, the main purpose of which is partial or full compensation of utility costs for pensioners.

In general, anyone whose income level does not allow them to cover the highest level of rent costs possible in the country – 22% – can apply for a subsidy for housing and communal services.

A subsidy aimed at compensating monthly payments for utilities for pensioners in 2020 has been approved: Attention! If you have any questions, you can chat with a lawyer below for free

In what cases can you not pay for heating?

Citizens can also recalculate for the provision of low-quality centralized heating services.
According to the documents, the temperature in the apartment must be no lower than 18 degrees Celsius, and in corner apartments no lower than 20 degrees Celsius. If the temperature in your apartment does not correspond to the norm, then payment should be reduced by 5% for each degree of deviation from the norm for residential premises. And if in an ordinary apartment the temperature is below 12 degrees, and in a corner apartment below 14 degrees, then you don’t have to pay for such a service at all. Cases when you can legally write off all debts for housing and communal services

Refusal of utility service

How to refuse autopayment for utilities.
How can I refuse my utility benefits? Disabled person 3 gr.
Can I refuse to pay my senior for housework on my utility bills?

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How can I refuse my utility benefits? Disabled person 3 gr. 1.1. Write an application to the Pension Fund. 2. Can I refuse to pay my senior for housework on my utility bills?

2.1. no you can't refuse.

3.1. Contact the bank office that provides

Is it possible not to pay for the elevator, antenna and radio?

According to Vadim Kazinets from the management, residents can refuse to pay for a radio point and television antenna. You just need to not stop paying for services without permission, but formalize the refusal.

“You just need to submit an application to the authorized organization (Russian Broadcasting and Warning Networks) or contact the public services center. The situation is similar with the TV antenna. Check with your management company for the name of the organization providing the service and contact them with an application for disconnection. Problems with disconnection are possible only if you are “indebted” for the services provided. In this case, it will be necessary to first repay the debt,” explained the AiF.ru expert.

But the issue of paying for the elevator by residents of the first floors is controversial. On the one hand, they don’t use a lift. But the fact is that in this case, the owners do not pay for the fact of using the elevator, but for the common property, as explained by Dmitry Burnyashev, an expert on the management of apartment buildings . “The payments made go toward the safe operation and maintenance of elevator equipment,” he notes.

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How often should elevators in buildings be replaced?

On the other hand, according to the head of the Free Legal Aid Center Oksana Komarova , residents of the first floors still have a chance to refuse to pay for elevator maintenance and repairs. But to do this, it will be necessary to convene a general building meeting and include on its agenda the issue of removing the obligation to pay for the elevator from residents of the first floor. Then you need to hold a vote among the residents and document the decision made and contact the manager with this document,” adds Komarova.

In addition, you don’t have to pay for utilities if the services provided are of poor quality. For example, the payment order contains a clause about cleaning the entrance, but it is not carried out. “To confirm the provision of public services with deviations from the established quality, a report is drawn up with representatives of the management company. Not only facts of violation of the rights to quality public services are reported, but also work to maintain the common property of an apartment building that was performed improperly. This act is the basis for reducing the amount of payment for the maintenance and repair of the house. In case of controversial issues, we recommend that you contact the management organization itself directly and demand that an inspection report be drawn up for public areas (if we are talking about cleaning - ed.),” says Tatyana Trofimenko, a lawyer at the European Legal Service.

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Who can have debts for utilities forgiven?

Waiver of benefits

Veterans (in this list are labor veterans, combat veterans); Participants of the Second World War, survivors of the Leningrad siege; Disabled people of groups 1, 2 and 3, children with disabilities; Irradiated during radiation accidents or nuclear weapons testing; Heroes of the USSR, Russian Federation, full holders of the Order of Glory.

Part 1. Subsidies for housing and utilities 1.

Where to go to apply for a subsidy? To the Multifunctional center for the provision of public services in any district of Moscow. Who is eligible for the subsidy? Citizens of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic) who are users of residential premises in the state housing stock, tenants of residential premises under a rental agreement in a private housing stock, owners of residential premises, members of housing or housing-construction cooperatives have the right to receive a subsidy.

In order to receive subsidies, the income of citizens or families of a certain size living alone in Moscow should not exceed the maximum income established for these citizens (families of a certain size).

The table of maximum income amounts is shown on the website of the State Public Institution “GZHS” www.subsident.ru. (tab “About subsidies” - item “Maximum family income that gives the right to receive a subsidy ...”).

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636 - a material benefit allocated from the federal fund and used to compensate for the costs of individuals to pay for housing and other services.

Such allowance is provided to certain segments of the population specified in regulations.

For the first time, the concept of a subsidy for utilities was used in the Russian Federation Law “On the Fundamentals of the Federal Housing Policy” dated December 24, 1992 and which became invalid in 2005 due to the adoption.

Based on this standard, the current Housing Code of the Russian Federation (Housing Code of Russia) was introduced, regulating the main aspects of providing cash benefits to certain groups of citizens.

Accepted in execution. Different segments of the population have their own regulations governing the procedure for issuing subsidies. For example, for participants of the Second World War, discounts on housing costs are provided.

The purpose of this subsidy is to protect the rights of low-income Russian citizens through financial assistance.

How to refuse benefits for housing and communal services

// Contents So, you must submit an application with the entire list of documents before December 31 of the current year. This is due to the fact that compensation will be paid throughout the next calendar year.

If you submit documents late, monetary compensation will be denied.

free travel by public land transport and metro for all children and one of their parents;
free vouchers for children to children's camps aged 7 years and older;
receiving free medicines;
discounts on utility bills.

The receiving option is the decision of the pensioner.

Refusal of benefits by a pensioner is confirmed by submitting a written application.

You can view and download here: [Sample application for refusal of NSO]. It is necessary to contact the Pension Fund, the territorial branch of the organization where the pensioner’s personal file is kept.