Цены в магазинах и размеры платы за коммунальные services are only increasing, and pensions are still at the same level. The state is not able to raise the amount of cash benefits at the same time to all older people, but in support they have introduced special retirement subsidies. First of all, they are aimed at reducing the size of utility bills, which is, of course, a weighty support for the elderly population.
Who can get subsidies
Being a pensioner does not automatically mean havingthe right to benefits on housing and communal services. It is worth noting that the subsidy to retirees for utilities is not the only existing benefit. Three years ago, in the Russian Federation, 46 categories of citizens were entitled to various benefits, including:
- persons with disabilities I and II groups who can officially confirm their status;
- persons raising a child with a disability;
- veterans of the Great Patriotic War;
- participants of absolutely any hostilities, up to our time;
- parents, spouses and other family members of the military, police officers, etc., as well as family members of the dead or missing;
- persons affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant;
- home front workers;
- residents of besieged Leningrad and Moscow;
- home front workers;
- parents raising three or more children under the age of majority;
- citizens who were awarded the title of Honorary Donor of the Russian Federation or the USSR.
Grants for housing and communal services to retirees also rely on labor veterans. In order to get this title, you must have at least 30 years of work experience.
Military pensioners
Benefits for military retirees deserve special attention. Here, other terms and conditions work, rather than getting the usual subsidies to retirees for utilities.
So, the benefits are not provided for payment of housing and utilities, and for the purchase of their own living space or for construction. If the pensioner is lonely, then he is supposed to have a housing of no more than 32 m2if the family consists of two people - 42 m2, and if more, then 18 m should be added to the square2 for each family member.
In addition, military retirees may slightlyto increase this standard if an employee has held a leading position for a long time, has been engaged in teaching, has a scientific degree or has received a high rank during his service years (at least a colonel).
Form of grants
It is worth noting that the benefits are charged in several forms.
The first is the transfer of funds. The pensioner can receive subsidies through a cash desk in a bank, on a bank card, or part of the money will be included in the standard pension.
The second - the provision of "discounts" for paymentmandatory payments (utilities). It should be noted that the state will independently pay for the elderly person a part of the obligatory payments. The list of paid utilities does not include only cable TV, removal of solid waste and fuel payment, if the house is not connected to central heating.
It should be noted that, as a rule, the discount amount is about 50% of the total amount of the receipt.
Process of getting
Unfortunately, the authorities themselves do not provide any benefits to older people. All such privileges are declarative.
Как оформить субсидию коммунальные услуги retired? First you need to notify yourself about the desire to take advantage of the relevant body. Most often, retirees turn to the department of social protection, which already after that independently brings the procedure to the end.
When contacting the social service is necessarycarry a passport, pension certificate. It must be remembered that the authorities do not consider applications for the provision of subsidies from those citizens who are debtors to resource-supplying companies.
It is worth noting that the benefits and subsidies are notpermanent character. Their validity period is up to six months, after which the elderly person must again apply to the appropriate authority with the same application and the procedure will be repeated again.
Required package of documents
It is impossible to fully understand the question:how to get a subsidy to a pensioner, if you do not read the full list of required documents. It is worth remembering that it is absolutely unimportant that a person decided to receive - a subsidy or a discount on utility bills. In any case, the list of papers will be the same.
So, to get a subsidy, you must have with you:
- passport;
- a document that would confirm the right to stay in the apartment;
- a document that confirms the right to receive benefits. This can be a pension certificate, a veteran and other papers.
As you can see, the list is not that big, so collecting it to a non-working person is easy, all the more knowing that the privilege is granted quite substantial.
Calculation of the amount of the grant and what conditions apply to pensioners
Нет какого-либо фиксированного размера при granting subsidies to retirees. There is a certain formula that is used in the calculation of the established benefits. It consists of the amount that the pensioner spends every month on utilities and standard space. Area standards are set at the regional level.
In order for a pensioner to have the right to receive a subsidy or benefit, he must meet certain requirements:
- he must be a citizen of the Russian Federation, and must also have a residence permit at the address to which he is requesting a benefit;
- a person must regularly pay receipts issued by "resource workers";
- the pensioner should not spend on payment of utility bills more than the established standards. It should be noted that the "ceiling" of utility bills is different for each region.
Russian citizenship and reasons for refusing to provide subsidies
And what about those pensioners who have been living in the Russian Federation for a long time and permanently, but are not citizens of the country? Really they can not get subsidies for pensioners?
На самом деле нет ничего невозможного.It is possible to get a benefit in this case, however, for this it is necessary to provide a certain contract that entitles the elderly person to live in this living space. For the apartment also should not be any debt.
But do not forget that the subsidy can both issue and withdraw. Why is this possible?
- Indeed, the exemption can be canceled if the process reveals that the person is no longer entitled to the privilege.
- The exemption is removed automatically in the event thatthe pensioner unfairly fulfills the conditions of its provision, including payment of utility bills. The subsidy is removed if the pensioner has a debt to pay for an apartment within two months.
Summing up
So, in order to fully understand how retirement grants are provided, it is necessary to collect all the information and take stock.
- Military retirees also have the right tothe provision of subsidies, however, all allocated funds can be directed only to the purchase of a private apartment or the construction of a separate residential building.
- Apply for the provision of benefits for partial payment of utilities, you can use the online service.
- If a person is entitled to several benefits, he can be granted only one. The pensioner himself can choose which one is more advantageous to him.
- If the monthly utility costs are more than the norm set by the regional authorities, the retiree can only count on receiving a subsidy. Benefit is not allowed.
- Military retirees can receive their compensation only once.
- If desired, the pensioner has the right to issue a subsidy through any convenient branch of the bank, to receive money on a bank card, or to issue receipt of transfers through the post office.
- And finally, when applying for subsidies and benefits, it is recommended to contact the social security department.
