The number of beneficiaries of the subsidy will decrease after the end of the heating season on May 1. Other payments will be monitored by the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
Reducing the cost of heating homes in the no-heat season will result in lower subsidies for housing and communal services. This was stated in the broadcast of a single telethon by Oleg Popenko, head of the Union of Public Utilities Consumers.
The expert said, “After the end of the heating season, the number of subsidies will decrease. The subsidy will also be less, the electricity bills will be less in the hot season.”
Popenko noted that during the heating season, the state automatically provides subsidies.
“If a person does not receive a subsidy during the no-heating season, from September 1, that person will have to go to the Pension Fund office to calculate whether he can count on receiving a subsidy during the heating season,” the expert said. concluded.
Subsidy payment period: what will change from 1 May?
Existing subsidies will expire on April 30. And on May 1, a new season of subsidy payments for utilities begins.
Subsidies are determined not by the social security authorities, but by the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU). You can write an application for a subsidy at any branch of the fund, regardless of place of residence.
And you can get a subsidy from Ukrposhti branches in cash or by bank transfer to a bank account.
“The subsidy is provided to citizens by transferring money to a bank account by the authorized body or by paying in cash through the Ukrposhta post office,” said Alena Krasnova, head of the PFU’s Department of Pensions, Insurance Payments and Social Services. UBR.
According to media estimates, during the heating season Ukrainians received an average of 1,600 hryvnia subsidies per month during the heating season.
Recall that in April they want to revise water tariffs in Ukraine, the cost of services will be increased in 2 stages: in April and July this year.
From 1 February this year, recipients of payment subsidies for housing and communal services can transfer money to utilities. Prior to this, subsidies were taken into account in payments.
To whom and where to apply for a grant?
Subsidy application and statement should be submitted to the following groups:
- Household has internally displaced persons
- Household members rent housing and pay electricity bills;
- The number of people actually living in the household is less than the registered ones;
Documents on the assignment of housing subsidies and benefits are submitted to KMK officials in person, by mail, through the web portal or mobile application of the PFC electronic services.
Recall that on April 21, the Cabinet of Ministers banned the collection of debts for housing and communal services from immigrants and residents of the hostilities zone.
Focus In February he wrote about the massive accumulation of debt for utilities in Ukraine. As of December 1, 2022, the amount owed is UAH 35.35 billion.
Source: Focus
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