Open AccessCurrent practice of providing internally displaced persons with social housing and accommodation from housing funds for temporary residence
Author(s) -
A. V. Volkova
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
časopis kiïvsʹkogo unìversitetu prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2219-5521
DOI - 10.36695/2219-5521.4.2019.38
Subject(s) - public housing , population , lease , state (computer science) , residence , economic growth , government (linguistics) , modernization theory , affordable housing , business , economics , sociology , finance , linguistics , philosophy , demography , algorithm , demographic economics , computer science
The present article is dedicated to the current practices of providing the internally displaced persons with social housing and living premises from Funds for temporary living. The author comes to the conclusion that despite the implementation of the decentralization of power reform in Ukraine, within which the local self-government system gained more financial opportunities, the problem of extremely low housing provision for citizens in need of better living conditions continues to be one of the most pressing economic and social problems in Ukraine. It is emphasized that the issue of housing for internally displaced persons remains one of the most important for them. The article provides an in-depth analysis of the «transformation» of the Law of Ukraine "On Housing Fund for Social Purpose" taking into account contemporary socio-economic changes in the state and society. It is substantiated that the state policy should be aimed at modernization of the state housing policy by combining the efforts of the state and private capital, which will allow to build not only social housing and, for example, to lease it with further redemption, but also affordable. It is argued that currently the Law of Ukraine “On Housing Fund for Social Purpose” does not actually work and is declarative in nature, and therefore it does not fulfill its basic purpose - to ensure the constitutional right of socially vulnerable part of the population of Ukraine to receive social housing. If the abovementioned Law is not changed it will not solve the housing problems of internally displaced persons. In order to account the social housing in Ukraine, it is proposed to recognize the necessity of carrying out its inventory. The article reflects the key aspects of the practical implementation of internally displaced persons’ right to housing from the Temporary Housing Funds exclusively for internally displaced persons. The need to increase the awareness of internally displaced persons about existing housing programs and their ability to participate in these programs, including the possibility of obtaining housing from Temporary Housing Funds exclusively for internally displaced persons, was emphasized.