The socially deprived persons from the municipality of Chisinau, who in the 2019- 2020 cold season benefitted from compensations for public utilities and energy resources, can benefit from compensations of 40% of the value of bills during the 2020-2021 heating season, without filing a confirming application, the Chisinau Municipal Council decided on December 22.

The Chisinau City Hall said each apartment with electric stoves will get by 100 lei regardless of the family’s earnings.

Cold-month allowances will be provided to families whose incomes for the past 12 months are lower than 3,000 lei a month per person and the young families (younger than 35) with a monthly global income of under 5,000 lei.

The persons who didn’t benefit from cold-month allowances during the 2019-2020 cold season and those who benefitted earlier must submit a standard application. Over 80 million lei is needed to cover the related costs.