The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is preparing to consider a government bill “On the Basic Principles of Housing Policy”. This document aims to address a number of pressing issues, particularly the problem of outdated housing stock. The bill has been registered in parliament under number 12377. The relevant committee has already recommended its approval in the first reading, so consideration may begin soon.
This is reported by Finway
However, as noted by the committee,
“due to the need for comprehensive technical, legal, and editorial refinement of the draft law and the alignment of certain provisions with other legislative provisions”
, a number of factors must be taken into account when preparing the bill for the second reading. In particular,
“proposals and amendments regarding corrections, clarifications, elimination of errors and/or contradictions”
.
The need for a new law, according to MP Olena Shuliak from “Servant of the People”, arose because the current housing policy system is still based on the Housing Code of 1983. The MP emphasized that Ukraine’s housing sector faces a number of acute problems, including:
- approximately 600,000 people are waiting for housing “with no hope of receiving it”;
- the absence of social rental housing and maneuverable housing stock;
- insufficient legislative regulation of rental housing issues;
- weak state mortgage policy regarding assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Overall, Ukraine’s housing stock is in urgent need of renewal.
“These problems have been exacerbated by millions of IDPs and the destruction of housing due to the war. The situation has become incredibly complicated”
, Shuliak concluded.