{"id":1465585,"date":"2026-11-14T18:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/utility-debts-during-the-occupation-how-idps-can-check-payments\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T18:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:33:11","slug":"utility-debts-during-the-occupation-how-idps-can-check-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/utility-debts-during-the-occupation-how-idps-can-check-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Utility debts during the occupation: how IDPs can check payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Internally displaced persons may appeal charges for housing and communal services for the period of temporary occupation or hostilities. However, debts incurred before the occupation must be repaid if services were provided.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.novyny.live\/borg-za-komunalku-mozhe-viiavitisia-nezakonnim-shcho-potribno-pereviriti-354306.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;News.LIVE&#8221;<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that special rules for paying for housing and communal services during martial law apply in Ukraine. According to the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/laws\/show\/206-2022-%D0%BF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 206<\/a> of March 5, 2022, it is prohibited to charge fees for communal services for the period of temporary occupation of the territory, as well as to collect debts that arose after February 24, 2022 for this period.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, these rules do not cancel debts that arose before the occupation. If utility services were provided before this period, the consumer is obliged to repay the corresponding debt.<\/p>\n<p> Separate guarantees are provided for citizens who left the territories due to hostilities. Under certain conditions, suppliers cannot collect debts that arose after February 24, 2022 during the period of hostilities, if the consumer has confirmed the departure with appropriate documents. In particular, such confirmation may be a certificate of an internally displaced person, which must be provided to the service provider.<\/p>\n<p> For residents of temporarily occupied territories and areas of hostilities, a ban is also provided on the accrual and collection of fines, penalties, and inflationary charges for late payment of utility services. Under the conditions specified in the resolution, suppliers cannot terminate the provision of services due to non-payment.<\/p>\n<p> If a person received a payment with debt for the period of occupation or hostilities, it is worth checking the correctness of the accruals before making the payment. To do this, you need to:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> contact the service provider with a request to check the debt;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> request a breakdown of accruals indicating the periods;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> provide documents confirming departure from the place of residence;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> ask to correct the accrual if the debt includes a period for which collection is prohibited.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> If you are unable to resolve the issue with the supplier, you can contact the free legal aid system. Free consultation is provided by calling 0 800 213 103, as well as through the system&#8217;s online channels or at the nearest office.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/v-ukraine-dozvoliat-ne-splachuvatu-komunalni-poslugi\/\">in Ukraine, some categories of pensioners will be allowed not to pay utility bills<\/a> . The Pension Fund explained how to do this.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internally displaced persons may appeal charges for housing and communal services for the period of temporary occupation or hostilities. However, debts incurred before the occupation must be repaid if services were provided. This is reported by &#8220;News.LIVE&#8221; . It is noted that special rules for paying for housing and communal services during martial law apply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1138820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76878],"class_list":["post-1465585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}