How will compensation for the cost of paying the contribution for major repairs be calculated?
It is important that older people need to pay for the “major repairs” line on their receipts every month – always on time and in full. And they will receive compensation after payment. The amount of compensation will be calculated based on the regional standard for the standard living area (in the Sverdlovsk region - this is 33 sq. m. of the total living area for a person living alone, 22.5 sq. m. of the total living area for one member of a family consisting of two people and 21 sq.m of total living space for one member of a family consisting of three or more people.The regional standard is multiplied by the amount of contribution established by the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region, which for 2021 is 10 rubles 11 kopecks per meter of common living space living space per month.
Those who are not beneficiaries, but still do not have to pay for major repairs
1) The law imposes the obligation to pay contributions for major repairs only on the owners of residential premises.
Therefore, contributions cannot be charged to someone who is simply registered in an apartment without being its owner, as well as to residents of non-privatized apartments. Please note that as soon as ownership of the property is terminated (for example, the apartment is sold or donated), the responsibility to pay for major repairs passes to the new owner.
This also applies to debts: if the previous owner did not pay for major repairs, then the new owner will have to pay off the debt. This rule applies only to contributions for major repairs (Part 3 of Article 158 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation).
Therefore, before buying an apartment, be sure to check whether the seller has any debts on these fees - otherwise you will have to pay them.
2) The Housing Code of the Russian Federation exempts owners of apartments in a building that is recognized as unsafe or located on a land plot seized for state needs from paying for major repairs. At the same time, the owners are refunded the contributions for major repairs that they paid before.
3) Regions are allowed to exempt small houses with less than 5 apartments from paying for major repairs. All contributions that owners of apartments in such buildings previously paid are subject to refund.
4) For those who purchased an apartment in a new building, there is a certain period of exemption from contributions for major repairs.
The fact is that new buildings are included in the overhaul program only after the expiration of the period determined by the regional authorities (the Housing Code sets only its upper limit - 5 years).
For example, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the period of exemption from fees for major repairs of new buildings is the same 5 years from the date of inclusion of the house in the regional capital repair program, and in the Sverdlovsk region - 3 years.
Is it true that compensation for major repairs is selective?
If a citizen simultaneously has the right to a measure of social support under this Law and a measure of social support for full or partial compensation of expenses for housing and utilities under another law of the Sverdlovsk region or federal law, he is provided with a measure of social support under this Law or a measure of social support for full or partial compensation of expenses for housing and utilities under another law of the Sverdlovsk region or federal law at the choice of a citizen.
For example, for a single citizen aged 80 years, the compensation for the contribution for major repairs will be: 33 sq. m. x 10.11 rubles/sq.m = 320.76 rubles. Choose what is more profitable for you.
Benefits for labor veterans of federal significance: are there any differences from benefits for labor veterans of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation?
At the end of 2005 in Art. 7 of Law No. 5 were amended. This article has been supplemented by clause 4, which determines the procedure and conditions for conferring the title of labor veteran by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Thus, the federal legislator reserved only the right to determine the requirements for conferring this title at the federal level.
By virtue of Art. 22 of Law No. 5, the subject of the country, by its regulatory document, establishes what benefits a labor veteran has. Thus, it is solely the regions that determine what support measures will be applied to veterans living on their territory. This means that the federal legislator, in principle, does not establish any benefits for labor veterans, defining only the criteria for classifying certain citizens as beneficiaries. Therefore, it is incorrect to talk about differences in the number and content of federal and regional benefits.
The following categories of citizens also have the right to receive benefits when paying for major repairs:
citizens who suffered radiation sickness as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,
citizens who became disabled as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, who lived in this area or were accident liquidators,
members of families who lost their breadwinners - accident liquidators.
citizens who suffered radiation sickness as a result of the Mayak accident,
citizens who became disabled as a result of the accident at PA Mayak, who lived in the area or were liquidators of the accident,
members of families who lost their breadwinners - accident liquidators.
citizens exposed to radioactivity as a result of nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site
members of families who lost their breadwinners - liquidators of the consequences of nuclear tests.
WWII participants,
WWII veterans,
combat veterans,
disabled family members of deceased (deceased) war invalids, participants in the Great Patriotic War and combat veterans,
disabled family members of military personnel, private and commanding personnel of internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, institutions and bodies of the penal system and state security bodies who died in the performance of military service (official duties),
persons awarded the badge “Resident of besieged Leningrad” who received a disability
persons awarded the badge “Resident of besieged Leningrad”,
persons who worked in the rear during the Second World War,
labor veterans,
former prisoners of concentration camps and ghettos.
persons who have been awarded the honorary title of the Sverdlovsk Region \\\"Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Region\\\"
persons awarded the insignia of the Sverdlovsk region \\\"For services to the Sverdlovsk region\\\" I degree in case they were not awarded the honorary title of the Sverdlovsk region \\\"Honorary citizen of the Sverdlovsk region\\\"
persons who have been awarded the honorary title of the Sverdlovsk Region \\\"Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Region\\\"
rehabilitated persons who suffered from political repression.
employees of regional state and municipal institutions of culture and art (the list of positions is established by the government of the Sverdlovsk region) (for employees of rural areas and urban settlements)
teaching staff of state educational organizations of the Sverdlovsk region and municipal educational organizations (the list of positions is established by the government of the Sverdlovsk region)
employees of state educational organizations of the Sverdlovsk region and municipal educational organizations who are not classified as teaching staff, as well as retired persons with at least 10 years of work experience in these organizations
family members of teaching and cultural workers, in the event of their death, who had such benefits
(for workers in rural areas and urban settlements)
medical and pharmaceutical workers of medical organizations subordinate to the executive bodies of state power of the Sverdlovsk region, and medical organizations of the municipal health care system (the list of positions is established by decree of the government of the Sverdlovsk region) (for workers in rural areas and urban settlements
employees of state institutions of the Sverdlovsk region included in the system of the state veterinary service of the Russian Federation (the list of positions is established by the government of the Sverdlovsk region) (for employees of rural areas and urban settlements)
employees of social service organizations of the Sverdlovsk region (the list of positions is established by the government of the Sverdlovsk region) (for employees of rural areas and urban settlements)
General provisions on benefits: basic principles, who uses them and how
Despite the fact that the federal legislation on veterans does not provide a list of benefits for this category of persons, it does contain general principles of social support for such citizens. These principles include the following:
- approval of the procedure for conferring the title of labor veteran falls under the jurisdiction of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, which must adopt the appropriate law or other legal document (clause 4 of article 7 of law No. 5);
- the implementation of social support measures for such persons is the responsibility of the state, for which the state, among other things, creates special departmental structures (Article 8 of Law No. 5);
- social support for veterans is provided at the expense of funds provided in the regional budget (clause 2, article 9 of law No. 5);
- Only those veterans who are Russian citizens are entitled to receive support measures (Article 12 of Law No. 5);
- if a person has more than one veteran status (for example, has the titles of labor veteran and combat veteran), then a package of benefits is provided to him according to the category he has chosen (clause 3 of article 13 of law No. 5);
- a specific list of benefits for labor veterans is established at the regional level by local law or a regulatory document adopted in another form (Article 22 of Law No. 5);
- information about what benefits a labor veteran has should be posted in the Unified State Social Security Information System, which is currently operated by the Pension Fund, and citizens can use the service through their personal account on the official website of the fund (Article 24.1 of Law No. 5 and Chapter 2.1 of the Law “On State Social Assistance” dated July 17, 1999 No. 178-FZ).
Results
Final conclusions:
- a Russian citizen has the right to apply for the status of a labor veteran if he meets the requirements of Law No. 5;
- after receiving the status, a person can apply for additional social support measures;
- a specific package of benefits is established by the legislation of the region and may affect various areas;
- Almost every subject of the Russian Federation provides for a fixed monthly cash payment;
- To enjoy benefits, a labor veteran must receive a statutory old-age (age) pension;
- when changing his permanent place of residence, a labor veteran loses the right to benefits established by the legislation of the region in which he previously lived;
- the possibility of receiving benefits is of a declarative nature.
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What monetary benefits do labor veterans enjoy in 2021?
One of the basic preferences enjoyed by Russian citizens with the title of labor veteran, provided for in most regions of the country, is an additional cash payment.
Such a payment has the following characteristics:
- periodic in nature (paid once a month, quarter, etc.);
- permanence (i.e., it is not one-time in nature, but is provided to the veteran from the moment he receives the rank and retires throughout the entire period of receiving an old-age pension);
- fixedness (defined in the form of a fixed monetary amount).
Payments can be divided into 2 types:
- Having a specific purpose (in most cases this is compensation for any specific expenses of a citizen, which can be used by him for any of his needs).
- Non-target payments (payments in a fixed amount of money without specifying additional grounds for provision, are made based on the availability of the title itself).
An example of a benefit for labor veterans in the form of a fixed target payment is the amount of 200 rubles. for travel on public transport, provided for in subsection. "g" clause 1 art. 4 of the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia “On social support for labor veterans and home front workers” dated November 26, 2004 No. 165-III-Z.
Non-target monthly payment in the amount of 300 rubles. provided, for example, sub. "k" clause 2 of Art. 3 of the Law of the Krasnoyarsk Territory “On measures of social support for veterans” dated December 10, 2004 No. 12-2703 (taking into account indexation in 2021, labor veterans are provided with a benefit in the amount of 437 rubles).
Such cash payments are provided in almost all regions, and they cannot be listed within the scope of this article. In this regard, interested labor veterans need to either contact the local administration with a request about what specific monetary benefits are provided in their region, or familiarize themselves with the information in the Unified State Social Security System.
What you need to do to receive benefits
The procedure for obtaining benefits is determined by regional legislation, but in most cases, the initiation of the process is of a declarative nature and requires an application to the authorities performing the functions of social protection of the population in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.
To receive social support measures in most regions, it is necessary to submit the following documents to the authorized body:
- identification document;
- veteran's certificate (federal or regional level) or a certificate, other document confirming the assignment of a rank (depending on the subject);
- a completed application in the established form (approved by the administrative regulations for the provision of the relevant public service);
- confirmation of the convenience of the living quarters in which the veteran lives;
- a certificate of family composition or an extract from the house register;
- confirmation of the right of ownership or use of the residential premises in which the applicant lives.
Depending on the requirements of regional legislation and the type of support provided, the list of documents may change.
As a rule, a different procedure is provided for free or discounted travel. For public transport, a personalized travel ticket is issued. When purchasing discounted tickets for suburban and intraregional buses and trains, veterans only need to present a certificate entitling them to receive such benefits. Legal relations are regulated by the carrier and the government body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation directly, without the participation of the beneficiary.
What benefits are available to pensioners - labor veterans in the Russian Federation?
Like additional cash social benefits, the provision of all other benefits to labor veterans of the Russian Federation in 2021 is linked by regional regulations to the employee reaching retirement age and his retirement. Let us consider what benefits pensioners are entitled to in various areas, using the example of the legislation of some constituent entities of the Russian Federation, taking into account the information we have summarized.
It is important to take into account that a citizen may lose his rights to benefits for labor veterans in a certain region if he changes his place of permanent residence (changes his place of registration).
In the field of transport and transportation
Most regional acts on social support for veterans, defining what benefits a labor veteran is entitled to, establish as basic the right to free travel on a particular type of transport or monetary compensation for such travel (partial).
To summarize, we can highlight the following principles (conditions) for providing this assistance:
- We are talking about public transport, i.e. taxis are not included in this list. In addition, the list of benefits does not include some private carriers, although the latter have the right at the local level to establish various benefits for certain categories of citizens, including labor veterans.
- Transport runs on city, suburban, and less often intraregional routes.
- When granting the right to use transport free of charge, the veteran is most often given a travel ticket, which is personalized and can be used exclusively by the beneficiary himself. Thus, the veteran does not have the right to transfer the travel card to other persons, since if such persons present it, they will not have the right to free travel.
The procedure for exercising this right in each region is individual, but the trend shows that for the most popular urban transport (for example, tram, bus, trolleybus), retired veterans receive a personalized travel card, and tickets for buses and commuter trains are issued upon presentation of the ID at the ticket office.
As an example, we can cite the regional legislation of the Rostov region. A wide range of benefits for labor veterans in this area is provided by the Rostov Region Law “On Social Support for Labor Veterans” dated October 22, 2004 No. 175-ZS. Subp. 3 and 4 paragraphs 2 art. 1 of the specified regulatory document allows persons to use free of charge:
- all types of urban passenger transport;
- public transport on suburban and intra-district routes;
- suburban rail transport;
- suburban intermunicipal road transport;
- intraregional road transport.
In addition, Rostov veterans have the right to use water transport with a 50% discount during the navigation period.
In the housing sector
No less important for veterans (in terms of the share of costs for utilities relative to the size of pensions) is the housing sector. What benefits a labor veteran enjoys in paying for housing, utilities, etc., depends primarily on the level of well-being of the region and the size of the revenue part of its budget.
In general, the following types of assistance can be identified:
- payment for residential premises if it belongs to a person not by right of ownership, but under a social tenancy agreement;
- Payment of utility services;
- reimbursement of expenses for other types of services that are not public utilities (payment for solid fuel for stove heating, liquefied gas cylinders, landline telephone, etc.);
- benefits on contributions to the fund for capital repairs of apartment buildings;
- compensation for expenses for maintaining the common property of an apartment building, major repairs of apartment buildings.
As an example, we can cite the provisions of paragraph 4 of the resolution of the administration of the Kostroma region “On the procedure for implementing social support measures...” dated February 28, 2011 No. 53-a, which provides for the following types of compensation from the state:
- compensation for housing costs;
- assistance in paying utility bills;
- compensation of expenses for the purchase of solid fuel for owners of houses with stove heating.
Compensation payments reach at least 50% of the total cost of services, which is a good help for labor veterans who have received benefits.
Medicine
No less popular is the question of what benefits are provided for labor veterans in the field of medical care and healthcare in 2021. The answer in this case will also depend on the region in which such persons live.
Benefits may include:
- providing a free right to use the services of those medical institutions that the veteran used before retirement;
- reimbursement of expenses (partial or full) for dental prosthetics;
- extraordinary provision of medical care under state guarantee programs for the provision of free medical care to citizens of the Russian Federation;
- free provision of medical care in state or municipal medical organizations, etc.
For example, the Law of the Republic of Buryatia “On certain powers of state authorities of the Republic of Buryatia...” dated December 7, 2004 No. 899-III provides only the first and third of these benefits. Unfortunately, in many regions there is inequality in the number of government support measures for labor veterans.
