Muscovites living in “non-standard” houses will start paying more for utilities in the summer. But it is quite possible that management companies will want to take advantage of the situation.
From July 2024, the figures in the receipts of many residents of the capital will change for the better. The Moscow authorities have introduced an increasing coefficient to pay for the maintenance of an apartment building. The list of “non-standard” houses includes old buildings (built 70 years ago and earlier), historical and cultural monuments, as well as high-rise buildings – from 75 meters and above. The cost of utilities in the apartments of such houses will increase by 5-20%. For example, in houses with individual projects, utilities will rise in price by 5.2%. The most expensive houses are architectural and cultural monuments, and you will have to pay 20% more for the opportunity to live in such a place.
In the capital, out of 32 thousand houses, 1,500 buildings are pre-revolutionary, these are old apartment buildings in the historical center of Moscow, which are still residential today. Of course, their operation and maintenance are more expensive, and the engineering communications there are old. Now these costs have been shifted to the residents. The authorities consider this to be fair, because the apartments themselves in such houses are more expensive. The same is true with modern houses that have design features.
However, the public is outraged. Firstly, it is strange that residents of houses recognized as cultural heritage sites should start paying more for housing and communal services, because the maintenance of such buildings is already budgeted, since they belong to monuments. In addition, residents already pay an increased property tax for the opportunity to live in such a high-status house.
As you know, houses built in the 50s are famous for their strength and quality, so why should utilities suddenly become more expensive here? The head of the public movement “Narodny Sad” Fedor Mezentsev believes that these increasing coefficients were promoted by management companies.
Muscovites need to vigilantly monitor the actions of their management company. If you see changed tariffs in the bills, an increase in utility prices, you need to figure out whether your house really falls under the new rules. Management companies can raise tariffs by assigning a house to the list of status buildings, but in fact the building is not.
Marina Lepina.
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