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Housing and utility services: what it is

Everything you pay for on the bill for your flat or house: building maintenance, major repairs and utilities — water, electricity, gas, heating and waste collection.

In Russian: ЖКУ (жилищно-коммунальные услуги)·ZhKU (zhilishchno-kommunalnye uslugi)

Housing and utilities Checked by the editorial team Checked: September 2026
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In Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus

Russia

What the payment consists of is set by Art. 154 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation (Жилищный кодекс РФ). You must pay by the 10th of the following month unless your contract sets a different deadline; from the 31st day of delay, late-payment penalties are charged. You can check your bill in the utilities calculator.

Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, you pay separately for utilities to the suppliers (water, heat, electricity, gas, waste collection) and contributions for the upkeep of the building's common property — to the OSI (owners' association, ОСИ) or the building manager.

Belarus

In Belarus, housing and utility services are divided into basic ones (maintenance, major repairs, water, heat, electricity, gas, waste removal, etc.) and additional ones. Payment is usually due by the 25th of the month following the billing month.

Sources: Housing Code of the Russian Federation («Жилищный кодекс РФ»), Art. 154 (ConsultantPlus)

This information is for reference only and does not constitute financial, tax or legal advice. Prepared by our editorial team, last checked: September 2026. Found an error? Write to us.

Related terms

Utility bill (single payment document, EPD)The monthly bill for housing and utility services. It lists charges for water, heating, building maintenance and other services, plus any debt, penalties and payment details.Utility tariffThe price of one unit of a utility resource: 1 m³ of water, 1 kWh of electricity, 1 Gcal of heat. Household tariffs are set by the state, not by the management company.Major repairs contributionA monthly payment by a flat owner that builds up money for major repairs of the building: roof, facade, lifts, utility networks. It is calculated as the regional rate × the floor area of the flat.Management companyA company that maintains an apartment building under a contract with the owners: it cleans, repairs common property, deals with emergencies and usually issues the housing and utility bills.Housing and utilities subsidyA partial refund of housing and utility payments from the state if the family's housing costs, by regional standards, exceed the allowed share of income — in Russia, a maximum of 22%.

More in “Housing and utilities”

Personal account (utilities account number)Homeowners' associationConsumption standard (utilities norm)Increasing multiplier (no-meter penalty factor)Common-area utility costsMeter verification (calibration check)Hot and cold water supplySewerage (wastewater disposal)Waste collection (MSW)Heating chargeLate payment penalty for utilitiesRecalculation of utility chargesCadastral numberExtract from the property register (EGRN)Shared ownershipMeter readings

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