Why do the electricity companies lack funds for the modernization of heating and water supply networks? 65% of consumer payments are automatically sent to the accounts of monopolists, and the government has promised to pay UAH 85 billion of debt to communities for the fourth year. Oleksandr Slovozhen, director general of the Union of Cities of Ukraine, told Ukraineform how the centralization of the budget affects the functioning of communities. Ocariniform.