Mykolaiv region is included in the list of regions where resettled people will be able to receive housing rental subsidies

Government meeting, October 25, 2024. Photo: press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved an experimental project under which displaced persons in nine regions of Ukraine will be able to receive a subsidy for housing rent.

This was reported by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Council, Taras Melnychuk.

It is noted that the project is designed for two years, and covers the settlements of Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Donetsk and Kherson regions, in addition to zones of active hostilities and temporarily occupied territories.

As the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Council explained, the subsidy will be provided only if there is an official lease agreement registered in the database of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.

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At the same time, this assistance will not deprive the displaced persons of their right to other types of payments, in particular to subsidies for payment of housing and communal services.

«To calculate the rent subsidy for the tenant, the social norm of the area of the rented living space for each person from the IDP household is established — 13.65 square meters. m, but not less than 35.22 square meters per family,» Melnychuk wrote.

It is important that the subsidy will be provided if the family's rent expenses exceed 30% of the total income.

We will remind you that the first modular houses for immigrants began to be installed in Southern Ukraine.

As reported, in the period from January to May 1953, people living in the Pervomaiskyi District, Mykolaiv region, had the status of unemployed.