Ten families in the Vitebsk region lost their homes in January-September due to utility bill arrears

November 1, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Ten families have been evicted for non-payment of housing and communal services in January-September in the Vitebsk region, the head of the accounting and reporting department of the housing and communal services department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Natalya Yatsuk, told a BELTA correspondent. The overdue debt of the population of the Vitebsk region for housing and communal services as of October 1 amounted to Br3.5 billion, which is 20% less compared to the debt as of the same date last year. Among the non-payers are 26.2 thousand families, including those with debts up to three months - 16.7 thousand non-payers (for a total amount of Br767 million), from three to six months - about 2.8 thousand (Br277 million, respectively). In terms of cities and districts, the highest level of overdue debt is observed in the Orsha, Vitebsk and Gorodok districts. A low level of debt is in the Postavy district, Orsha, Vitebsk. In January-September, communal services (water, electricity, and gas) were disconnected for 4.2 thousand families due to non-payment. Warnings were sent to 23.7 thousand non-payers. 3.9 thousand executive orders for over Br2 billion were filed, of which more than 2 thousand for Br1.2 billion were executed. 778 lawsuits were filed with the court to recover debts for Br500 million, of which 550 for Br300 million were satisfied. For long-term non-payment of housing and communal services, 25 lawsuits were filed with the court for eviction. 10 of them were executed: residents of two apartments moved to smaller housing, and eight others were evicted without being provided with alternative housing. "Work with chronic non-payers by the housing and communal services enterprises of the region is carried out constantly," noted Natalya Yatsuk. Thus, specifically for this purpose, responsible employees are assigned to each housing and communal services enterprise. Information for the residents themselves has been established. At the same time, as for malicious non-payers, personal meetings and conversations are regularly held with such people, in a number of regions of the region there is an automated telephone notification system, and employers are informed. -0-