For today, more than 1 million Ukrainians have already applied for housing and communal services subsidies, said Director of the Department government social security benefits at the Ministry of Social Policy Vitaly Muzychenko earlier today at the round table talks, according to RBK-Ukraine (РБК-Україна).
“1 million 10 thousand families have filed applications, with the improved mechanism in place, for subsidies, apart from those who receive subsidies. Out of them, almost 490 thousand families have granted utilities benefits”, said Muzychenko.
He assured that families that received subsidies in the past heating season will get it this season again. "As regards a list of those granted water and heating assistance in the past heating season, it is being processed to pay benefits again", added Muzychenko.
The ministerial department did not give precise data on how many families were repeatedly given subsidies, but according to preliminary data, as noted Muzychenko, they number 1.8 million households.
"According to our calculations, 1.3 million families received subsidies in the past season, plus almost 0.5 million households added to the list, so totalling almost 1.8 million families", evaluates the Ministry of Social Policy.
