The state of emergency on Korolev Street – a powerful explosion in a 22-storey residential building – pushed the Moscow authorities to tighten the repair rules, for non-compliance with which they will be mercilessly fined or taken away housing through the courts.
A month ago, Yuri Luzhkov approved new rules, which immediately came into force.
So what are they?
Repair rules
- if you need welding equipment, gas burners or an open flame, you must notify your management company or DEZ in advance. And if you decide to change or install a gas water heater, you will also need approval from GUP Mosgaz. At the same time, the organization that will do the repairs at your place must have a license.
- the operating company will not turn off water, gas, electricity and heating during repairs (when replacing, for example, heating batteries or communications in the bathroom), until the owner of the apartment or the repair company hired by him shows a license for welding in DEZ.
- The Moscow Housing Inspectorate will not issue a decision on the approval of the apartment redevelopment project if the owner of the apartment does not show the housing inspector the contract for the production of work by an organization that has a license.
- each prefecture should now have a special commission that will identify illegal repairs in apartments and stop unauthorized redevelopment. To do this, they will attract the elders at the entrances.
- Within the next month, the Moscow Housing Inspection, together with the police, administrations and prefectures, will check all the apartments where, according to information, the Moscow Housing Inspection is undergoing repairs.
If a Muscovite violates these rules, then according to the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, he can be fined up to 2500 rubles. If he is caught a second time, he will be fined only 500 rubles for failure to comply with the order. But at the same time, right there, without proceedings, the case will be taken to court. And on the basis of a court decision, the owner of a privatized apartment can be deprived of property, and with a tenant of an unprivatized apartment, the lease agreement can be terminated.