Arrears in home bills increased by PLN 100 million during the pandemic

During the pandemic, the number of debtors who do not pay for home bills decreased slightly, but their debt increased significantly. Arrears for rent, electricity, water, gas, garbage collection, TV and telephone with a total value of almost PLN 1.56 billion have over 409,000 persons, according to the data of the National Debt Register (KRD). This is PLN 100 million more than before the pandemic.

According to KRD data, two thirds of the total debt is attributable to people who do not pay for the telephone, TV and Internet. In February their debt amounted to PLN 967 million, currently it exceeded PLN 1 billion and amounts to PLN 1.05 billion, it was also indicated.

"In debt collection, we also observe an increase in debt to mobile telephony. At the moment, we receive cases mainly due to charge notes and contractual penalties resulting from having equipment such as phones, laptops or consoles in the subscription. To reduce the cost of living, customers terminate They forget, however, that they have provisions regarding debit notes for the equipment received under the contract, for which you have to pay. Hence, these debts it is difficult to predict at the moment whether this trend will continue in the coming months," Jakub Kostecki, president Kaczmarski Inkasso, said.

(money.pl)