Maud Descamps, edited by Juline Garnier 11:37 a.m., April 18, 2022, modified at 11:37 a.m., April 18, 2022
While the European Union wants to close the Russian gas tap by 2030, condominiums are finding it increasingly difficult to pay their gas bills.
The war in Ukraine has caused prices to soar, so the co-owners have chosen to lower the heating for several weeks now.
How to do without Russian gas?
This is the question that haunts European countries to try to move forward in the conflict in Ukraine.
This is all the more burning as some condominiums can no longer pay their gas bills, due to soaring prices in France.
To limit the impact on their budget, they decided to lower the heating several weeks ago, as in Paris.
A co-owner saw her bill increase by 77,000 euros last year.
The owners had to organize an emergency general meeting to take drastic measures.
In some apartments, the temperature has dropped to 15 degrees and residents will have to pay several hundred or even thousands of euros to settle the bill.
A rise that causes major cash flow problems
"I have 1,000 euros more. Next, they have 2,400 euros per co-owner to pay. For some, it's almost a disaster", alarm Sylvie, president of the union council.
This case is far from isolated.
The government has therefore decided to include gas-heated condominiums in the rate shield.
But it will be necessary to wait until July to receive the financial compensation.
This poses serious cash flow problems.
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"Some of our colleagues told us that at the end of March, they could not pay the guards or the babysitters because the gas sample came before the payment of the babysitter's salary. And of course , the account was in debt", says Olivier Safar, of the Union of real estate unions.
Many condominiums are considering changing supplier or even switching to individual electric heating.