The new version of the Law about housing and utility services, which is expected to be considered by the Verkhovna Rada, stipulates the accrual of fee for late payment of utility services debt, amounting to 0.1% from its amount for each day of deferment, according to Finance.ua materials.
As reported, the utility services pay level is decreasing, while the losses of utility companies are increasing.
The opportunity to execute a five-year ‘payment by installments’ for payment of utility services could not change the situation.
The authorities create different methods how to encourage citizens to pay their utility debts from peaceful, but non-effective, restructuring to the frightful, legally complicated seizure of properties of debtors.
The imposition of fees for non-payers became one of the suggested mechanisms in this area.
It was previously reported that Ukrainians owed more than UAH 23 billion, which is twice larger than the previous year.
