Payments for housing and utilities in April decreased by 30-50%, consider the specialists of NP “housing Control”.
the Organization is monitoring issues in the sphere of housing and communal services in the conditions of epidemic of coronavirus. Full information about payments for April will be available only in may, however already now experts predict decrease in payments on average by 30-50%. In Zabaykalsky Krai the fall collection for March is estimated at 25-30%, in Primorsky Krai by 28-35%, in Adygea – 20-25%, in Yaroslavl region by 10-20%.
the Number of those who are not willing to pay for utility services online, continues to be high according to the “housing Control”. In early April, in the Volgograd, Omsk oblasts, Karelia, Saint-Petersburg, Ulan-Ude was a large queue in the post office, which is dangerous from the point of view of infection. In rural areas the fall in payments is significantly higher than in the city. Different fees and different service providers. Just below the collection of payments from the operator on the municipal solid waste management (however, before the industry for various reasons showed relatively low collection rate compared to other utility providers).
however, some service providers and asset managers support residents in conditions of a pandemic, providing them with discounts or “zeroing” of the Board. For example, in St. Petersburg, the management company of several residential complexes announced that the owners over 65 years of age in its houses will not be in April to charge rent, free will all utility services, including heat, water supply and sanitation.
