Inheritance at Risk: New Laws May Leave Ukrainians Without Parental Apartments.

Over the past two years, Ukrainian citizens' debt for utilities has increased by 37%, which could have serious consequences for debtors. Currently, about 700 thousand people are listed in the Unified Register of Debtors for these services, with the largest number of them in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions. The main reasons for accumulating debts are heating, water supply, and electricity. Currently, debts for heating account for 36.9%, for water supply - 18.6%, and for electricity - 9.7% of the total debt amount.

According to Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Kucherenko, the situation with utility debts is becoming increasingly critical, despite the moratorium on tariff increases. He proposes making debts an encumbrance on property, so it would be impossible to sell an apartment with such debt. This approach is considered a fair way to solve the problem.

However, the main reasons for the growth of utility debts remain low incomes of Ukrainians and rising prices for essential goods and services, which have a higher priority for the population. Debts for utility services can have serious consequences for debtors, so strengthening legislation in this area is necessary.

The arrest of Ukrainians' pensions for utility debts is possible, but there are certain nuances.