Towards a concept of sustainable housing provision in Ukraine

• Published in: Land use policy 2022-11, Vol.122, p.106370, Article 106370
• Main Author: Shcherbyna, Andrii
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Housing stock; Privatization; Repair; Subsidies; Tenants
• ISSN: 0264-8377; 1873-5754
• DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106370

This paper is aimed to carry out the historical analysis of various state strategies concerning their role in housing provision to the citizens and to define the relevant results. The author strives to demonstrate also the severity of the actual problem and to propose a conceptual basis that could help to outline new strategic tasks. The study used historical and logical analysis of recent trends caused by long-lasting legal limitations which were not taken into account in most studies as to housing policy. About 80% of all houses in the cities, which have been built up to 1980, stay not yet been repaired and, to prevent collapse, require urgent major repair and modernization. The rising tariff for housing services, unlike all post-socialist countries, does not include a renovation component which could double the actual household housing expenses. In recent years half of all families in the country have applied for subsidies to pay for raised-in-times utility services. The challenge arises of how to transform their housing property. The similar international practice and Ukrainian management experience are not sufficient. The main housing policy problem is the mismatch between the housing provision and the lack of legal and financial opportunities for sustainable satisfaction. •In Ukrainian legislation, there is no uniform procedure for recognizing premises as residential according to their quality.•In the field of housing stock management, the formation of the housing stock management market has not been completed.•The critical age of the majority of the existing housing stock creates a problem of sustainable provision of housing.•The insolvency of households leaves the problem of housing renovation unresolved.