Will heating rates go up in fall?

There has been no increase in utility bills since July 1 this year and there will be none by the end of the year. We will see in the same vouchers that we saw before, reassured First Deputy Minister of Housing and Communal Services of Belarus Gennady Trubilo. 

As for the comfort temperature, it is defined by the sanitary norms and rules. The lower threshold in the living room is 18°, while the upper is 24°. 

Speaking of the system of cashless housing subsidies, he said that this year 26 thousand families received cashless housing subsidies amounting to about Br2.5 million. The system of cashless housing subsidies was introduced in 2016. The state compensates the cost of paying for housing and utility services, exceeding 20% of the total family (or individual citizen) income in urban areas and 15% - in rural areas, if the actual consumption does not exceed the standards of consumption of housing and utility services, set by the state.