Commissioning of housing in Ukraine in January-September 2023 increased by 13% compared to the same period in 2022 – up to 5 million 451.7 thousand square meters, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the report, since the beginning of the year, 3 million 258.4 thousand square meters of housing (59.8% of the total) have been put into operation in cities, and 2 million 193.3 thousand square meters in rural areas.
In total, 66.5 thousand apartments were commissioned during the reporting period, which is 9.2% more than in January-September 2022. At the same time, 16 thousand apartments were commissioned in single-family houses, 50.5 thousand – in apartment buildings.
In the first nine months of the year, most housing was commissioned in Kyiv region (over 1 million square meters, 18.5% of the total), Kyiv (837.9 thousand square meters, 15.4%), Lviv region (542.3 thousand square meters), Vinnytsia region (506.8 thousand square meters), Ivano-Frankivsk region (402.3 thousand square meters) and Zakarpattia region (263.1 thousand square meters).
According to the statistics, the growth in housing starts was recorded in all regions of Ukraine, except for five regions. Kharkiv region showed the largest year-on-year increase, with 186.4 thousand square meters commissioned in January-September, up 385.8% year-on-year.
At the same time, five regions recorded a drop in the volume of housing commissioned. Thus, 217.6 thousand square meters were commissioned in Odesa region, which is 57.2% less than in January-September 2022, 105 thousand square meters in Poltava region (-46.8%), 7.9 thousand square meters in Zaporizhzhia region (-25.3%), 47.2 thousand square meters in Chernihiv region (-21.6%), and 79.5 thousand square meters in Zhytomyr region (-11.1%).
The data are given taking into account the housing commissioned in accordance with the temporary procedure for commissioning houses built without a building permit, the State Statistics Service reminds. Also, the information is given without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and part of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted.
As reported, the commissioning of housing in Ukraine in 2022 decreased by 37.8% compared to 2021 – to 7 million 110.2 thousand square meters.
