The reception of applications for compensation for housing destroyed because of the war started in “Diya” on August 1, the press service of the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure (Ministries of Recovery) reported.
“From today, homeowners whose housing was destroyed will be able to apply for compensation to purchase a new apartment or house. This can be done through the Diya application,” the press release said.
Compensations will be paid to sole owners of housing that was destroyed due to hostilities after February 24, 2022, is not subject to reconstruction and is located in the non-occupied territory and not in the zone of active hostilities. In addition, an information report on the destroyed property filed by its owner must be registered in the registry.
Applications will be considered by commissions previously established at local governments to process eRecovery applications, the report said.
At this stage, compensation will be paid in the form of electronic housing certificates for the purchase of housing. The Ministry of Restoration is also developing a mechanism for the payment of funds for the construction of new private houses on the land plot of the compensation recipient.
Earlier in May, the state aid program “eRestoration” was launched, which provides assistance for the ongoing repair of housing damaged as a result of the war.
Since the start of the program on May 10, Ukrainians have already submitted more than 31 thousand applications for cash assistance for minor repairs of damaged housing. Local governments have set up 520 commissions, which consider applications, inspect damaged housing and decide on the assignment of assistance that can be directed to repairs.
As it was reported with reference to the KSE Institute data, during the year of war in Ukraine about 153.8 thousand dwellings were damaged or destroyed, including 136 thousand private houses and 17.5 thousand apartment houses.
