Methods of combating non-payers of public services.
Owners of housing and communal organizations in the fight against debtors use different methods, including:
- , first the debtor is sent a written notice of the debts for the provided utilities. If the reactions do not follow, proceed to the next method. A sample of debt notification can be found on the Internet.
- on the notice board is a list of hard-core non-payers. This measure is designed, first of all, to shame the defaulter, affecting the psychological level. This is not a very effective method.
- penalties are charged for each overdue payment day( article 155 of the RF Housing Code, parts 14 and 14.1).More legal, the size of the forfeit can not be assessed, so this method is not good.
- the most effective way to deal with debtors is to restrict or suspend the supply of utility services.
Restriction or suspension of utility services.
After sending a notice of debt and not repaying it on time, the utility has the right to conduct such a procedure as limiting or suspending the supply of water, heat, light and gas. According to the current legislation, it is possible to disconnect services that do not entail spoilage of all common property and do not harm other tenants. Let's take one step at a time:
- is the easiest way to turn off the light of a management company, since the presence of a tenant's house for carrying out this procedure is not necessary. After sending the notice of the debt, three days before the disconnection, against the signature, bring another notice. But even the lack of a debtor's signature does not save you from a fine for reconnecting and 100% payment of a debt. This is from a personal sad experience.
- cut off the heat supply, except for citizens who used article 564 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, and terminated the contract for centralized supply of energy resources by installing an autonomous system. In the absence of cold outside the window, this effect of the result will not bring, but with the onset of winter, the stub on the battery will be very inopportune.
- shutdown of water, and especially the exclusion of the possibility of using sewerage, is also a very effective way to combat non-payers of public services. Not everyone can afford to visit paid sanitary rooms and the constant purchase of water. The
- gas supply organization may also resort to disabling debtors, especially in homes with gas columns.
How to find out the debts for utilities.
In order not to be afraid to open a mailbox with a notice of debt, you need to check the status of your accounts for utilities. You can find out the period of the debt and its amount in several ways:
- visit the Housing Operational Department( WUA), whose employees will give you all the information you are interested in about the possible debt.
- you can check the debts of housing and communal services by calling to your office by phone.
- internet also can help you find out the debts for utilities, it's enough to know your payer code.
If this happens, that there is a debt for the "communal", then you need to try to get it out as soon as possible, and there are a lot of ways for this. 
