The Government of Ukraine has adopted a resolution that introduces a rental subsidy to support internally displaced persons. The subsidy will be available from mid-January 2025. This is reported by the Government portal.
IDP families who spend more than 30% of their total income on rent will be eligible for the subsidy. If a family has an income of less than two subsistence minimums per person (UAH 5,840), the subsidy will cover a higher percentage of the rental cost.
The subsidy will be granted subject to the existence of a lease agreement, and the state will compensate the landlord for the cost of taxes to be paid on the income received.
At the first stage, the rental subsidy will be implemented in 9 pilot regions. These regions are Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Dnipro, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk.