In Ukraine, utility debts are proliferating as more people are unable to cover their bills due to insufficient income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of the year, the total amount of debts for housing and communal services increased by 13% compared to the previous year, and by one and a half times since the beginning of the full-scale war. This information was published on his Facebook page by social policy expert Andriy Pavlovsky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 788,000 enforcement proceedings have been opened in Ukraine for non-payment of heat, water, electricity, and other services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest share of debts is in the field of heat supply\u201442% of the total, followed by water supply and sewage (21%) and housing services (12%)\u2014debts for electricity account for 11%, and for gas, 9.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The highest rates of non-payment are observed in frontline regions, such as Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions. On the other hand, the Luhansk region demonstrates the best payment discipline, which was an unexpected result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The analysis shows that the most significant payment problems are experienced by people aged 46 to 60, who account for about 38% of debtors. In second place is the 36-45 age group (24.7%), followed by the 60+ age group (24.6%). Young people under 25 account for only 0.9% of debt, since most live with their parents or receive financial assistance from family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The growth of debts in Ukraine clearly reflects the aggravation of social inequality. Middle-aged and older people, who usually have stable incomes, are now at risk due to the discrepancy between utility tariffs and their real incomes. This indicates that the cost of utility services no longer aligns with most Ukrainians’ financial capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Ukraine, utility debts are proliferating as more people are unable to cover their bills due to insufficient income. At the end of the year, the total amount of debts for housing and communal services increased by 13% compared to the previous year, and by one and a half times since the beginning of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n