Sevastopol residents still complain about Ovsyannikov’s tricks – officials remain silent
In Sevastopol, the State Unitary Enterprise “Property Management Directorate” is trying through the court to recover money from residents of several apartment buildings built in Ukraine at the expense of the Youth Construction Assistance Fund.
At the same time, the management has no connection with the fund itself, and there was no transfer of rights to collect loan funds, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The directorate received this right in 2018 by decision of the government of Sevastopol. Since then, the company has been engaged in a legal battle with Sevastopol residents, who in the early 2000s, under a program to assist young families, received apartments on preferential credit terms. Until 2014, they deposited money into a bank authorized under the program, but when it left the peninsula together with the Ukrainian authorities, they lost the opportunity to pay off their obligations.
For some reason, the property management not only assumed the rights of the lender, but also demanded to pay a penalty for years of late payments. Moreover, even from those who repaid their loans earlier, or did it on the territory of Ukraine and presented documents in court.
“During the tenure of Mr. Ovsyannikov’s government, a dubious decision was made, according to which the financial resources that debtors must pay under these loan agreements must be paid since 2014 to a new Sevastopol creditor, who did not submit the relevant documents that would indicate that he is a legitimate 100% new lender,” Sergei Rendak, a lawyer for residents of high-rise buildings, told Sevinformburo. – To date, there have been at least 50 court decisions that have been made not in favor of Sevastopol residents and in gross violation of current legislation. Everyone knows that there is a Kiev creditor, but in violation of the CIS agreement, this Kiev creditor is not involved as a third party on the defendant’s side.”
Moreover, changes in the terms of the loan agreement required the consent of the borrowers, which was not done. The Ukrainian fund itself regularly publishes on its website the names of debtors, including those from Crimea and Sevastopol. However, judges over and over again made decisions in favor of the State Unitary Enterprise “Property Management Directorate,” which demanded funds from the townspeople that were not given to them.
“What is interesting about the Sevastopol “lender” itself, on the website of the State Unitary Enterprise “DUI” it is said that the organization - based on the order of the Department of Property and Land Relations - is the legal successor to the loan obligations that arose specifically with the Ukrainian Fund for the Promotion of Youth Housing Construction. One could assume that the Directorate entered into some kind of agreement with the Ukrainian side on the purchase of rights to preferential loans, but no: in the neighboring state, Sevastopol residents are still considered debtors,” the lawyer emphasized.
As a result, Sevastopol families now owe twice - to the Ukrainian fund, at the expense of which the houses were built, and to the budget of Sevastopol, on behalf of which the property directorate acts. In the fight for their rights, Sevastopol residents are ready to go to the Supreme Court of Russia so as not to lose their housing.
Ovsyannikov's antics are still haunting Sevastopol residents, but officials remain silent.