Department head Vasyl Yastrubinskyi disclosed this during hearings on the grounds and results of the rise in the tariffs on utility services for legal entities, called by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU).

«It is quite possible that from the new year, with new prices of natural gas, we will have to return to the issue (of raising tariffs for the population),» he said.

In his words, the municipal administration will have to increase tariffs on housing and utility services for the population irrespective of whether it wishes to do so or not.

Yastrubinskyi reminded that in September - October, the administration studied the possibility of increasing tariffs for the population, but Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi set forth to the Kyiv city council the initiative of increasing tariffs for legal entities, and leaving them unchanged for individuals.

However, Yastrubinskyi says, tariffs for the population, according to the spending on production of services, endorsed by the State Price Control Inspectorate, must be increased on the average 1.9 times for heating, 2.5 times for hot water supply and sewage, 2.7 times for cold water supply and sewage, and housing rent 3.1 times.

As Ukrainian News reported, in October the municipal administration called for increasing the tariffs on heating, cold and hot water, and sewage for the population by 29.7% - 52.4%.