The leading lawyer of the European Legal Service, Srbui Ivashchenko, said that Russians who spend more than the maximum will be able to receive subsidies for housing and utilities, the agency reported. hit the primer.
According to the lawyer, users of residential buildings of state and municipal housing funds, tenants of housing stock of private housing under lease agreements, as well as members of housing cooperatives and owners of housing are entitled to subsidies.
The government determines the procedure for quantifying subsidies and the procedure for their provision, while the local government may set its own standards for calculating subsidies. The agency states that in this case, subsidies will be provided at the expense of the local budget.
According to Ivashchenko, you may be eligible for a subsidy in Moscow if more than 10% of your family’s income is spent on electricity bills. In this case, you will be reimbursed for part of the cost of housing and communal services.
He explained that to calculate the average total family income, you need to add up all sources of pre-tax income for six months, the report must begin six months before the application is filed, then that amount must be divided by six.
You can see the maximum income for your family structure on the Municipality’s Housing Assistance Center website, he said.
The non-discounted amount of the maximum total income, the housing and social service fee including the discount, and the HÜS fee for those who benefit from and apply for aid for the first time after January 1, 2021.
In Russia for the second time in a year from December 1 rose benefit rates. Initially, service prices were supposed to increase on July 1, 2023.