Draft Law No. 11444 and Its Implications
Ukraine's parliament is set to review Draft Law No. 11444, which aims to compensate owners of real estate located in areas deemed unfit for habitation. If passed, these properties would be legally classified as destroyed, enabling their owners to receive financial aid or housing certificates.
Oleksiy Kuleba, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction: 'The key factor could be the unsuitability of the territory itself for safe human habitation.'
The proposed legislation modifies the existing compensation framework for properties damaged due to armed aggression by the Russian Federation and updates the rules for managing the State Property Register. Real estate situated in zones with destroyed critical, social, and residential infrastructure will fall under the new compensation terms.
Oleksiy Kuleba: 'This concerns a housing voucher mechanism for internally displaced persons from temporarily occupied territories who hold the status of combatants or persons with disabilities resulting from the war.'
Support and Outcomes of the eRecovery Program
On May 20, a petition urging support for this draft law garnered 25,000 signatures on the Cabinet of Ministers' website. Meanwhile, under the eRecovery program, 160 families from temporarily occupied territories have already purchased new homes. The majority of these purchases occurred in the Kyiv region, where 61 vouchers worth over 121 million hryvnias were issued. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, 29 vouchers totaling 58 million hryvnias were used; in Mykolaiv, 20 vouchers for 40 million hryvnias; in Kyiv city, 16 vouchers for 32 million hryvnias; and in Odesa region, 9 vouchers for nearly 18 million hryvnias. Overall, housing vouchers have been utilized across 14 regions of Ukraine.
Adopting this draft law could significantly improve housing conditions for those who lost their property due to the war. The introduction of compensation mechanisms and housing certificates, along with the activation of the eRecovery program, reflects the state's efforts to support those affected by armed aggression. This represents a crucial step toward restoring social stability and enhancing living conditions for internally displaced persons in Ukraine.
As the government explores new compensation measures for property owners affected by uninhabitable land, it is important to consider the broader context of support for those impacted by the ongoing conflict. Recently, a new initiative has been introduced to provide financial assistance for housing damaged by mass shelling, further highlighting the urgency of addressing housing issues in war-torn regions.