PFU changes the rules for providing benefits: who will receive compensation for utilities in March 2025.

Starting from 2025, Ukrainian benefits for housing and communal services will be calculated for two months depending on the average family income. This change is related to the optimization of the financial resources of the state budget.

According to information from the Pension Fund of Ukraine, only families with an average income of no more than 4,240 hryvnias will be eligible for discounts on communal services.

Currently, benefits are provided to certain categories of citizens regardless of their income, but due to limited financial capabilities, these conditions have been revised. Now benefits for communal services will be calculated based on the average family income.

It is important to understand that the changes only affect those citizens who will apply for benefits in 2025. Those who received benefits as of the end of 2024 will be able to take advantage of the new rules after the heating season ends, as noted by the Pension Fund.

The new policy has exceptions for combatants and persons with disabilities as a result of the war, who will retain their benefits without income restrictions. Other categories of citizens, including retirees and teachers of retirement age, are entitled to benefits if they meet the established income criteria.