The arrears of the population of Ukraine on payment for housing and communal services decreased by 7.6% in May 2021 versus April and amounted to UAH 61.6 billion (excluding electricity).
According to the State Statistics Service, in general, in May, Ukrainians paid UAH 17.1 billion for housing services, which amounted to 146.2% of the amount charged for that month.
The debt for the supplied electricity in May amounted to UAH 7.3 billion.
The highest level of payment for housing services was recorded in Ternopil (177.9% of the amount accrued, due to the repayment of debts of previous periods), Cherkasy (153.9%), Donetsk (153.4%) regions and Kyiv (170.3%).
The lowest level of payment is in Kirovograd, Volyn and Kherson regions (113% to 120% of the amount of charges).
According to the State Statistics Service, from the beginning of 2021, some 22,700 agreements have been concluded with the population on the repayment of restructured debt for housing services for a total of UAH 187.1 million. The amount of payments made, taking into account long-term contracts, amounted to UAH 106.2 million.