“Today, there is an initiative from 1 July not to increase tariffs for the use of housing services, not to increase the payments of the population”, – said the Minister during an online conference, “housing after the pandemic – challenges and solutions”. But Yakushev noted that if this decision is upheld, the industry faces severe underfunding.
Earlier media reported that the Deputy of the state Duma Ivan Sukharev asked the government to keep the indexes change fees for housing and communal services in the second half of 2020 at the level of 2019. A letter with the initiative he addressed the Vice-Premier of the Russian Federation Marat Husnullin. The housing sector was included in the list of industries most affected by the coronavirus.
Even earlier, at the end of October 2019 the Russian government has approved a limit on the indices of increase of tariffs of housing and communal services of subjects of the Russian Federation for 2020.
According to the document, housing and communal services in Moscow will rise to a maximum of 5%, in Moscow – by 4.1%. The highest growth rates are planned in Chechnya (+6,5%) and lowest in the Nenets Autonomous area (+2,4%).
it was also Observed that the average growth of utility tariffs in Russia on July 1, 2020 will be 4%. But this increase may not take place.
