The Cabinet of Ministers changed the rules for living in temporary housing: unemployed IDPs may be evicted

Internally displaced persons who have moved from areas of active hostilities and/or whose housing has been destroyed or damaged have the right to accommodation in temporary housing facilities free of charge, with housing and communal service costs compensated by the state.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine amended the Procedure for the Functioning of Temporary Accommodation Facilities for Internally Displaced Persons, approved by Resolution No. 930 dated September 1, 2023. The updates concern rules for using premises, settlement procedures, monitoring living conditions, grounds for eviction, as well as cooperation between authorities and international organizations in providing housing for IDPs.

One of the key changes is the updated mechanism for monitoring temporary accommodation facilities. Representatives of state authorities, local self-government, international and national non-governmental organizations, as well as the internally displaced persons themselves and their associations (with consent), may be involved in the monitoring. The monitoring results must be submitted to the managers of the temporary accommodation facilities, owners or custodians, and the Ministry of Social Policy. Recommendations from monitoring checklists should be used to bring living conditions in line with minimum requirements.

A new approach has also been established for including facilities in the list of temporary accommodation places. Before making a decision, regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city, district state or military administrations must monitor the facility for compliance with minimum requirements.

Additionally, regional and city military administrations are obliged to provide the Ministry of Social Policy with information on the total number of beds, available vacancies, and data on persons residing in such facilities. This is intended to ensure the formation and maintenance of a centralized register of persons provided with temporary accommodation.

In particular, the procedure for formalizing residence has been changed. The right to use the premises arises based on a contract, which must be concluded no later than the day of settlement or within 90 calendar days if the necessary documents are missing. The contract term is set for six months with the possibility of further extension for similar periods if there are no grounds for termination.

It is also clarified that during martial law, digital documents may be used for settlement, including e-passports, e-passports for foreign travel, or eDocuments, as well as State Migration Service certificates confirming submission of documents for passport issuance.

Moreover, changes have been made to the grounds for termination of residence and eviction. These include:

• systematic violations of contract terms;
• ownership of housing;
• absence from the temporary accommodation for more than 60 calendar days without valid reasons;
• submission of false information;
• exclusion of the temporary accommodation from the relevant list.

Among the updated grounds for contract termination is the failure of an unemployed person of working age to promote their employment or to acquire unemployed status within three months from the contract date.

According to the changes, an unemployed person of working age is obliged within three months after signing the contract to take measures to promote their employment. Such measures are defined according to Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine "On Employment of the Population" and may include employment, registration as a sole proprietor, registration as a person conducting independent professional activity, submitting an application for assistance to achieve economic independence, microgrant or grant for creating or developing their own business, voucher for training, or obtaining unemployed status.

Thus, failure to fulfill this obligation within the specified period is grounds for contract termination and subsequent eviction from the temporary accommodation.

A 15-day period for eviction after termination of the right to use the premises is also established, unless otherwise specified in the contract.

The approach to settlement priority has also been updated. Priority rights for settlement and continuation of residence are given to large families, families with children, families with persons with limited mobility, veterans, combatants, families of fallen defenders, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, elderly people, as well as IDPs whose housing has been destroyed or damaged and is entered in the relevant state registers or confirmed by inspection reports.

The procedure for relocation and the obligation for advance notice—no later than four weeks before the relocation date—are separately clarified, except in cases of change of facility status or its unsuitability.

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