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LAW OF UKRAINE

of January 13, 2026 No. 4751-IX

About the basic principles of housing policies

This Law determines the main legal, economic, social and organizational basis of housing policies by realization of the right of persons to housing, ensuring steady and effective use of housing stock of Ukraine.

Section I. General provisions

Chapter 1. Basic provisions

Article 1. Determination of terms

1. In this Law the following terms are used in the following value:

1) the state housing stock - housing which owner is the state;

2) available housing housing, the property right or uses (except use of social housing) on which is acquired by person with assistance of the state or local government body, taking into account the level of the income and property condition of person, by use of financial and credit mechanisms of support of construction, acquisition or lease of housing;

3) housing - the apartment house, the apartment, the room in the hostel intended for permanent or temporary residence, the premises in the non-residential building intended for temporary residence, meeting the requirements to consumer quality of housing;

4) housing for temporary accommodation housing meeting the minimum requirements to consumer quality of housing is also created, contains and provided by public authority or local government body for satisfaction of need for temporary residence to persons determined by the law, until their return to the abandoned residence, obtaining in lease of the social housing meeting general requirements to consumer quality of housing, recovery of the damaged or destroyed housing or acquisition of housing in property by the method determined by the law;

5) housing policy system of the interconnected consecutive measures directed to creation and providing conditions with the state during which person can exercise the right to housing by construction of housing, acquisition of property right to it or receipt of housing in use;

6) housing stock of territorial community - housing which owner is the territorial community;

7) housing stock of Ukraine - set of housing in the territory of Ukraine;

8) general requirements to consumer quality of housing - requirements to total area, living space, operational, sanitary and hygienic and other characteristics of housing intended for permanent residence;

9) Single information and analytical housing system - the information and communication system providing collection, accumulating, protection, accounting, reflection, processing and provision of data on housing stock of Ukraine and also about persons who can use the state support for realization of the right to housing;

10) the minimum requirements to consumer quality of housing - the requirement to total area, living space, to operational, sanitary and hygienic and other characteristics of housing providing suitability for temporary residence;

11) the operator of affordable housing - the legal entity whose main type of authorized activities is the construction of affordable housing or implementation of management of such housing, or construction and implementation of management of affordable housing;

12) the operator of social housing - the legal entity whose constituent documents determine acquisition of social housing on the property right or other legal basis management of social housing, and also provision of such housing in lease as main objective of its activities and having the status of the non-profitable organization (organization), conforms to other requirements, the established law, and information on which is entered into the single information and analytical housing system;

13) persons who can use the state support for realization of the right to housing - persons who meet the requirements of article 28 of this Law and have the right to housing in use gratuitously or for payment, available to them, to participation in financial and credit mechanisms of support of construction, acquisition and lease of housing, and also military personnel, police officers, faces of the private and the commanding structure of service of civil protection and the members of their families, orphan children, children deprived of parent guardianship, and person from their number who have the right to free receipt of housing in property or use;

14) private housing stock - housing which is in private property of physical persons or legal entities;

15) the revolving fund fund filled for acquisition account, received from use of housing from the state housing stock and housing stock of territorial communities, lease with repurchase right of housing, payments for lease of social housing, accomplishment of obligations on financial and credit mechanisms of support of construction, acquisition and lease of housing on which expenses are used only on the purposes determined by the law;

16) office housing - housing provided in lease to persons who in connection with nature of employment relationships, service shall live on place of employment or near it;

17) the social housing housing provided to persons needing social protection, to persons who were forced to leave the residence on the bases threatening their life or health or condition and safety of the occupied housing, other categories of persons determined by the law based on the lease agreement of social housing for the available rent depending on level of income of person (family), household and taking into account privileges, guarantees and subsidies to which they have the right according to the law;

18) consumer quality of housing - set of the indicators determining comfort, safety, gigiyenichnost, energy efficiency, availability of housing to permanent or temporary residence.

2. The term "household" is used in this Law in the value given in the Law of Ukraine "About the All-Ukrainian population census".

3. Other terms are used in this Law in the values given in the Civil code of Ukraine and other legal acts of Ukraine.

Article 2. Law coverage

1. This Law determines bases of public administration, regulation and supervision (control) in the field of the housing relations with the purpose of realization of the right to housing by citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, except citizens of the Russian Federation or other state recognized according to the law the state aggressor, persons without citizenship who are constantly living in Ukraine, persons recognized as refugees or persons in need in additional protection (further - persons), and ensuring rational use of housing stock of Ukraine.

2. Operation of this Law extends to the relations arising in connection with realization by persons of the right to housing.

3. Provisions of this law are applied to the relations arising in connection with realization of the right to housing by persons living in the hostel except the cases determined by part two of article 1 of the Law of Ukraine "About ensuring realization of housing laws of inhabitants of hostels".

4. The relations arising in connection with receipt of social and other services by persons who are living in the room of the supplier of social services, in particular in organizations of social protection for homeless persons and homeless children are regulated by the legislation concerning provision of such services.

5. The relations arising in connection with realization of the right to housing by the military personnel, police officers, faces of the private and the commanding structure of service of civil protection and members of their families, are regulated by the Code of civil protection of Ukraine, this Law, the laws of Ukraine "About social and legal protection of the military personnel and members of their families", "About National police".

6. The relations arising in connection with realization of the right to housing by orphan children, the children deprived of parent guardianship and persons from their number are regulated by this Law, the Law of Ukraine "About providing organization-legal conditions of social protection of the orphan children and children deprived of parent guardianship" and other laws of Ukraine.

7. The relations on acceptance, entry into force, appeal administratively, to accomplishment, cancellation of administrative acts in the field of housing policies are regulated by the Law of Ukraine "About ministerial procedure" taking into account the features determined by this Law.

Article 3. Housing legislation

1. The housing legislation is based on the Constitution of Ukraine and consists of this law, other acts of the legislation of Ukraine in the field of the housing relations and international treaties of Ukraine which consent to be bound is provided by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Article 4. Principles, priorities, purposes and tasks of housing policies

1. Housing policies are based on the following principles:

1) the principle of availability and accessibility of housing assistance to providing persons with housing depending on their requirements and opportunities taking into account economic and physical availability of housing in understanding of physiological, cultural and social needs of person;

2) the principle of firmness of the right to housing and immunity of housing - owners and users freely exercise the rights concerning ownership, use and in the order cases established by the legislation housing if other is not established by the law;

3) the principle of transparency and public participation openness of decision making and communication, development and realization of housing policies with ensuring free participation of the public and other subjects of the housing relations, obligation of providing public information access about housing programmes;

4) choice liberty principle - person independently and at discretion exercises the right to housing by the choice of the different mechanisms provided by this Law and other laws of Ukraine;

5) concept of justice and equal access to housing - non-admission and prevention of any forms of discrimination, ensuring equal access to housing of all persons irrespective of their social, economic status, personal characteristics, providing the equal attitude towards all persons in the field of realization of the right to housing and provision of support to persons having the right to the state support for realization of the right to housing. This principle provides creation of system of housing policies which will provide protection of the right to housing of each person, non-admission of arbitrary behavior and inequality among subjects of the housing relations, determination of categories of persons having the right to the state support for realization of the right to housing, establishment of obligations of persons in case of realization of the housing laws by them before the state and subjects of the housing relations;

6) the principle of strategic planning - system activities for reasons and decision making for housing policies on the basis of data of the analysis of external environment and internal potential, documents of average and long-term planning of the state, regional and local levels (strategy, plans, projects and programs);

7) the principle of social integration development of the territories with the mixed structure of the income of the population, social inklyuziya and mobility, prevention of concentration of poverty, maintenance of variety of social and economic origin, cultural identity;

8) the principle of economic efficiency - housing policies is created on the basis of optimum ratio of expenses and receipts in case of realization of the right of persons to housing, enhancement of capability of institutional base for providing the sufficient offer of housing provided with the state support, creation of conditions for attraction of private sector of economy, means of legal entities of private pattern of ownership and physical persons.

2. The main priorities of housing policies are:

1) prevention of origin and overcoming homelessness;

2) forming, filling, accounting and effective use of housing stocks for the purpose of providing persons with housing;

3) ensuring access of persons to affordable and social housing via the different mechanisms of the state support provided by this Law and other laws of Ukraine;

4) ensuring transparency of the rent relations, protection of the rights of lessees and lessors;

5) provision of compensation for the damaged, destroyed (destroyed) housing in the cases determined by the law;

6) development, approval and accomplishment of documents of strategic planning and realization of housing policies, local, regional and state target programs on the questions concerning realization of the right to housing;

7) involvement of the public to forming and realization of housing policies;

8) establishment and periodic updating of the requirements to consumer quality of housing answering to dynamic market conditions and technologies.

3. The purpose of housing policies is creation of conditions for realization by persons of the right to housing, regulation of the housing relations, in particular, on adoption of legal, economic, social and organizational decisions.

4. Tasks of housing policies are:

1) realization is more whole also respect for the principles of housing policies;

2) creation of conditions and attraction of financial resources for forming and effective use (acquisition, new construction, reconstruction, restoration, repair) of housing stock, ensuring energy efficiency of housing;

3) ensuring stable financing of housing programmes from state and local budgets, and also attraction of private investments and the international technical assistance;

4) expansion of housing stock by new construction, reconstruction, restoration, capital repairs, effective use of the available dwelling stock.

Article 5. Housing relations

1. The housing relations are public relations on realization by persons of the right to housing, ownership, use and the order by housing, forming, filling and use of housing stock of Ukraine.

2. Subjects of the housing relations are physical persons and legal entities, public authorities and local government bodies.

3. Housing in the territory of Ukraine is object of the housing relations.

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