The housing and communal services specialist recalled the new payment deadline for housing and communal services in February

Citizens of the Russian Federation who have noticed in the receipts for payment of housing and communal services (housing and communal services) the deadline "until March 10" can pay off the bill in accordance with the new rules that entered into force this month - until the 15th. This was announced on March 7 by Dmitry Bondar, a public figure and expert on housing and communal services.

"Do not panic if you see in the receipt "Please pay the bill by March 10th." Legally, you already have the right to pay until the 15th," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The corresponding situation, as the specialist explained, may arise simply because of the so-called "human factor" — settlement centers and management companies do not always have time to instantly update notification templates sent to customers.

Pennies will be credited only in case of late payment in accordance with the new deadlines. Bondar stressed that otherwise, the management company would violate the law. A Russian who finds an old date in his payment can send a short message to the sender via GIS Housing and Communal Services or the Gosuslugi mobile application. The house."

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On February 18, Sergey Kolunov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services, announced that from the first day of spring 2026, all Russians will receive payment documents no later than the fifth day of each month, and pay them up to and including the 15th. The corresponding innovation, as he explained, is due to the revealed need for some Russians to repay receipts before the actual accrual of pensions and other payments. On February 25, his colleague Yaroslav Nilov, head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs, proposed expanding housing and communal services benefits for pensioners and beneficiaries.

After a while, as Izvestia found out, the leader of the Fair Russia party, Sergei Mironov, and the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Civil Society Development, Public and Religious Associations, Yana Lantratova, appealed to the head of the Ministry of Construction, Ireka Fayzullina, with a proposal to fully compensate housing and communal services payments to single pensioners over the age of 80.

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