Ukrainian legislation does not provide for automatic exemption of homeowners in temporarily occupied territories from paying for utilities. At the same time, citizens can obtain debt relief for certain services if they were not actually provided due to the Russian occupation. This was reported by lawyer and head of the Prima Leader Group law firm Dina Dryzhakova in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine.<\/p>\n
What you can not pay for<\/p>\n
According to the lawyer, the main thing is whether the supplier provided the relevant service during the occupation period.<\/p>\n
If, due to hostilities and the capture of a settlement by Russian troops, the enterprise was physically unable to fulfill its obligations \u2014 for example, to remove household waste, supply water, or provide centralized heating \u2014 the consumer has the right to demand a recalculation.<\/p>\n
Suppliers have no legal grounds to charge for services that were not actually provided or were not provided in full.<\/p>\n
What services will you have to pay for<\/p>\n
Not all payments are automatically subject to cancellation. Depending on the specific situation, apartment owners may continue to be charged a fee for managing an apartment building or for maintaining common property. Such charges may be considered legal if the management company continued to fulfill its duties and maintain the building even under occupation.<\/p>\n
How to write off debts<\/p>\n
If the homeowner continues to receive payments for the time when the settlement was under occupation, it is necessary to contact the utility provider directly. To do this, you should submit a written application with a request to recalculate the accrued debt. The application should include documents confirming:<\/p>\n
the fact that the settlement was under Russian occupation;
\nthe owner’s lack of access to the housing;
\nthe inability to use the apartment or house for objective reasons.<\/p>\n
It is this evidence that can become the basis for recalculating payments and writing off debts for those utility services that were actually not provided during the occupation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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