Government bans eviction of certain categories of IDPs from temporary housing
2 April 2024 11:09
The Cabinet of Ministers has banned the eviction of vulnerable categories of internally displaced persons from temporary housing. This was reported by the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
This resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers aims to provide certain categories of IDPs with additional guarantees to prevent their forced eviction from temporary housing during the period of martial law and within 6 months after its termination or cancellation.
Thus, IDPs belonging to vulnerable categories of citizens will not be subject to the statutory residence period restrictions.
The Ministry stressed that such changes are aimed at strengthening the guarantees of legal and social protection of internally displaced Ukrainians.
Payments to IDPs
As of 1 March 2024, the rules for IDP payments have changed. The Cabinet of Ministers has extended the application deadline to 30 April 2024 and expanded the list of recipients.
In addition to the already defined categories, the Ministry proposes to provide the following citizens with the opportunity to receive assistance
- children placed in foster care; foster carers;
- children who are temporarily placed in a family of relatives, friends, foster family, family-type children’s home (if the average monthly total income per recipient in such a family does not exceed UAH 9444)
- persons over the age of 55;
- persons with disabilities of group III, if the average monthly total income per recipient in such a family does not exceed UAH 9444;
- persons caring for a child under the age of 3 or a child in need of care under the age of 6;
- persons with severe illnesses who have not been diagnosed with a disability;
- persons whose family includes children under 18 and/or under 23 years of age who are enrolled in full-time or dual forms of education in vocational (vocational-technical), professional higher education and higher education institutions.
