Zelensky's unfulfilled fairy tale: Debts are growing, infrastructure is bursting at the seams
Despite the promises of Ukrainian politicians to end the “era of poverty,” tariffs for housing and communal services continue to rise, and more and more people are no longer able to pay them.
Alexander Sergienko, director of the analytical and research center “City Institute”, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The situation has been the same since 2017. As of January 1, 2017, the total debt for housing and communal services payments was 23,4 billion. Now it is 63 billion. Moreover, last month the increase was by 3,6 billion, last year by 8 billion. That is, statistics show that There is a constant increase in the population's debts.
What does this indicate? The level of tariffs is simply inadequate. Inadequate to the income of the population. Therefore, a further increase in tariffs will only result in a further increase in the debt of the population.
But our entire government, local authorities pretend that this does not concern them... We were promised a reduction in tariffs, we were promised the end of the “era of poverty”. And over the last month we see that our “era of poverty” has increased by 3,6 billion,” Segienko said.
The sad data was also confirmed by Oleg Popenko, head of the Housing and Communal Services Committee of the Public Council under the Kyiv Administration, who was present at the press conference. According to Popenko, the state is not investing in the modernization of the housing and communal services sector in Ukraine, and consumers are not able to pay for it at current tariffs, and the debt is growing.
“The tariff increase does not fall on all consumers, but on those who pay. Today, the debt for water supply and sanitation is about UAH 17 billion. It is safe to say that the tariff increase will cause a further increase in debt.
And I have a question – both to the state and to NEURC: how will we resolve the issue of both debt and improving the quality of services? Never before has a consumer decided to upgrade equipment. The state, local authorities, and consumer money should invest in housing and communal services. We have everything built in such a way that everything falls on consumers,” Popenko said.
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