Cabinet approves procedure for providing compensation for housing and communal services consumed by IDPs

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for providing compensation for consumed housing and communal services and energy carriers in the event of free temporary accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) by legal entities and individuals - entrepreneurs.

This is stated in the message of the Pension Fund, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

Who is entitled to compensation for consumed housing and communal services and energy carriers in the event of free temporary accommodation of internally displaced persons (hereinafter referred to as compensation for accommodation of IDPs):

- legal entities regardless of the form of ownership (establishments, institutions, enterprises, organizations);

- individuals - entrepreneurs.

The compensation covers:

- the cost of consumed housing and communal services within the framework of social norms and standards;

- the costs of purchasing liquefied gas, solid and liquid household fuel within the established norms.

Compensation is paid for the accommodation of IDPs:

- who have moved from the territories where hostilities are (were) ongoing or temporarily occupied, and do not have other housing outside these territories (more than 13.65 m² per person);

- whose housing is destroyed or uninhabitable, and information about this is entered in the relevant state register of damaged property.

Compensation for accommodation is not provided for each IDP if:

- the IDP already receives compensation under other government programs, a subsidy or benefits for housing and communal services at another address;

- the IDP receives a state subsidy to pay for the cost of renting housing within the framework of a pilot project (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated October 25, 2024 No. 1225);

- the fact of the IDP's stay abroad for more than 30 calendar days in a row on the date of submission of the application for compensation is established;

- information was received about the IDP not staying for more than 30 calendar days in a row at the address for providing accommodation compensation;

- the results of the inspection established the fact of providing inaccurate information in the application, which affects the purpose or amount of accommodation compensation, etc.

An application for receiving accommodation compensation for IDPs can be submitted starting from July 2025.

Submission is made electronically through a personal account on the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.

The application is also submitted using a qualified or advanced electronic signature, or another means of electronic identification that allows identifying the person.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on April 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 422, which improved the mechanism for providing subsidies for renting housing for internally displaced persons (IDPs).