One of the most numerous categories of cases in courts is the eviction of citizens from residential premises of the state housing fund

One of the most numerous categories of cases in courts is the eviction of citizens from residential premises of the state housing stock, as well as from rental housing, who evade payment for housing and communal services.

Thus, Article 80 of the Housing Code of the Republic of Belarus, as amended by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 04.05.2019, which enters into force on 01.01.2020, establishes that a tenant of residential premises of the state housing stock and the family members living with him, former family members, who have a six-month debt (for six consecutive months) for housing and communal services, payment for the use of residential premises, reimbursement of electricity costs, without valid reasons, are subject to eviction through court proceedings, with the provision of another residential premises, smaller in total area than the occupied residential premises and (or) inferior to it in its consumer qualities, in compliance with the type of previously concluded lease agreement for state housing stock and its term (if the lease agreement was concluded for a fixed term), including outside the given settlement. In this case, the eviction of the tenant of residential premises of the state housing stock and the family members, former family members living with him, is allowed if the debt for housing and communal services, payment for the use of residential premises, reimbursement of electricity costs is not fully paid.

If the tenant of residential premises of the state housing stock in a dormitory and the family members living with him have accumulated a six-month debt for the services provided without valid reasons, they are subject to eviction at the request of the owner or an authorized person without providing other residential premises (Article 87 of the Housing Code).

Eviction from

of occupied residential premises with all family members residing therein and other citizens without providing other residential premises under Art. 86 of the Housing Code, **tenants of rental housing** are subject to reimbursement of electricity costs in case of an unjustified debt amounting to six months' rent for the use of rental housing and/or payment for housing and communal services. An exception is made for citizens who were provided with rental housing in the manner prescribed by law under a residential premises lease agreement of the state housing fund and which was included in the rental housing stock before July 1, 2016.

The specified persons, in case of an unjustified six-month debt, are subject to eviction by court order with the provision of other residential premises.

Senior Prosecutor of the Regional Prosecutor's Office Department
Maria Dukhnova