Debtors on payment of housing and communal services may be deprived of the right to drive a car

How to force citizens to pay utility bills, and debtors to repay housing and communal services debts? New measures of influence were proposed by the deputies of the Committee on Regional Policy and Housing and Communal Services. Additions to the law "On Enforcement Proceedings" were discussed today in the course of the meeting of the Committee. Its essence is that the debtor, by a court decision (on the basis of an appeal from a utility company), will be deprived of the right to drive a car if debts for utilities have accumulated in the amount of 50 minimum wage (725 rubles) or more.

The fight against debtors for housing and communal services has been going on for a long time. The Supreme Council at the beginning of 2020 held public hearings on this issue. The amount of debts was about 10 million dollars that time. All this unpaid money for the delivered services could have been used for maintenance, repair and modernization of the infrastructure of water utilities, heat and electricity networks. The Supreme Council has already introduced a number of norms for dealing with debtors and the return of funds: the statute of limitations for going to court has been increased from 3 to 5 years, a fine has been introduced, travel outside the PMR is limited, housing can only be sold if there is a certificate of no debts for a “communal apartment”, the procedure for going to court to collect debts (court order) has been simplified.

The Committee on Regional Policy and Housing and Public Utilities voted to transfer to the relevant Committee on Legislation for consideration the law-in-draft on the possibility of restricting the right to drive a car of debtors for housing and communal services in the first reading.

The Regional Policy Committee considered changes to the Housing Code of the PMR today. They concern the protection of the rights of the families of the defenders of Pridnestrovie. To date, there is no norm of the law, according to which, in the event of the death of a participant in the hostilities for the defense of Pridnestrovie, who was on a preferential line for improving housing conditions, this line would be kept by the family.

The Regional Policy Committee will recommend to the Supreme Council to adopt the law-in-draft in the first reading.