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Bailiffs have put the apartment of a Nizhny Novgorod woman with many children up for auction due to a debt of 16 rubles.

Due to a small debt for utilities, 5 children and their mother Olga Sozinova may be left without housing: their apartment is worth market value more than 7 million rubles bailiffs вput up for auction for 3,83 million rublesThe owner was not notified of this, but was required to appear for an interview at the Prioksky District Bailiff Service on February 1st, in the dead of night—at 00:00 a.m.

The seizure order still contains numerous inconsistencies. For example, her apartment was allegedly appraised by a Tyumen appraisal company. The seizure was actually carried out by bailiff Elena Balanova. She no longer works in that department, and Sozinova was unable to find out the basis on which the apartment was being seized for a small debt. The bailiff, who was assigned the case, suggested that Sozinova appeal the order in court.

— According to the 2015 Supreme Court Plenum ruling, a bailiff must be guided by the proportionality of the seizure of property; in this case, proportionality was not observed at all. — Sozinova told a Kstati journalist.

The regional Federal Bailiff Service did not respond to the editorial office's request.

"Someone's taken a liking to this apartment. Ugliness and indifference are killing me!" "This is illegal! No bailiff has the right to sell a home if it's the only one," "The lawlessness in Nizhny Novgorod has reached the point of absurdity," - subscribers reacted.

Similar situations in other regions indicate that Sozinova and her children's apartment may be sold. In Krasnoyarsk the bailiffs sold it an apartment for disabled pensioners (both were designated as "Children of War") to pay off their daughter's debt 38 thousand rublesShe had both money to pay off the debt and other property. Previously Volgograd accessava sold an apartment for a mother with two children for a debt 134 thousand rublesIn all cases, the owners learned of the seizure of their property only after the homes had been sold. The Federal Bailiff Service also refused to speak to journalists.

Photo: screenshot from the video "By the Way"