Despite the difficult situation, the state continues to systematically support those in need. Part of the support provided by the Government for internally displaced persons is housing assistance. This assistance is paid monthly for each member of an IDP family from vulnerable categories of Ukrainians. Currently, more than 1.2 million Ukrainians who were forced to leave their homes due to the war receive this assistance.
In August 2024, the housing allowance payment period for a significant part of IDPs from vulnerable categories expired. These internally displaced persons had been receiving the payment since at least July 2023, and most of them had been receiving it for one and a half to two years. This means that the state had been financially supporting these families for a long time so that they could establish life in their new communities (some families have been receiving housing allowances since their introduction, i.e. for the third year).
However, to continue supporting IDPs who are in the most difficult living circumstances, The Government will extend these payments for another 6 months - that is, until February 2025. The corresponding Government resolution, developed by the Ministry of Social Policy, was adopted at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on August 30, 2024.
Therefore, for those IDPs whose period of residence allowance payments was to end in August 2024, these payments will be continued.
Please also note that these payments will be automatically extended., nowhere else No need to contact.
At the same time, in order to verify that these families continue to comply with the norms of the current resolution (or the procedure for receiving payments), the state, through the Social Protection Department, will check within a month whether the financial and property status of these families has changed significantly.
If no changes occur, families will receive payments until February 2025.
Please note that the criteria for eligibility for payment have not changed: they remain the same as they were when benefits were reassigned for families who applied since March 2024.
However, if a person's benefit payment was not automatically extended for technical reasons, but they are entitled to it, they must contact the social protection agency/CNAP.
According to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine