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How a veteran can obtain housing from the state — step-by-step instructions

Published 09 July 2025 year, 15:10

To receive housing or monetary compensation, it is necessary to register for housing accounting. This is the first step. Next is the queue, decision, and provision of housing or compensation.

📌Who can register?

Citizens who need improvement of living conditions and belong to one of the categories:

  • Participants in combat actions
  • Persons with disabilities due to war
  • Families of fallen (deceased) Defenders of Ukraine
  • IDPs (internally displaced persons)

📌What are the grounds?

  • living space is less than the norm for the region
  • two or more families in one room or cohabitation of persons of different genders (over 9 years old)
  • severe chronic diseases (impossible to live with other family members or in a communal apartment)
  • housing does not meet sanitary/technical standards
  • living in a dormitory or communal apartment
  • rental (state, public, private - under a contract of at least 5 years)

📌What documents need to be submitted?

  • Application for registration (signed by all family members)
  • Certificate of registration of place of residence (for each family member)
  • Copy of the certificate (combat veteran / disability / family member of the deceased)
  • Certificates of registration at the place of work (or absence of such registration)
  • Certificates of IDP status (for all family members)

📌Where to apply?

  • CNAP
  • Executive committee of the village, settlement, or city council
  • District state administration in Kyiv (at the place of residence)

The decision is made within a month!

📬You will receive a written response with the date of registration or reasons for refusal.

📌How to receive housing or monetary compensation?

  • After registration - wait for your turn (general, priority, or extraordinary)
  • The decision to provide housing is made by the executive committee of the local council
  • After the decision - you receive an order and keys to the housing

📌Monetary compensation - who is entitled?

  • persons with disabilities of groups I–II due to war
  • families of fallen Defenders of Ukraine

What are the conditions?

  • you are registered for housing accounting
  • the living space owned is less than 13.65 m² per person

❗️Important: housing or compensation can only be received after registration. This is a key step that opens access to state support.

Based on materials from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs