Recipients of housing subsidies in Ukraine must now comply with new, more stringent reporting requirements due to recent changes to the system for overseeing public utility payments. By data Pension Fund of Ukraine, grantees have 30 days to report certain changes that may affect their right to receive a grant.
Such changes include:
- Changes in household composition, social status of family members or family structure.
- Changes in the conditions for the provision of housing and communal services, in particular, a change of service providers or building managers (for example, the creation of condominiums).
- Residence of household or family members abroad for more than 60 days.
- One-time purchase of property, vehicles (except mopeds and trailers) or other goods in the amount of more than 50,000 hryvnias.
- Conducting operations with foreign currency or precious metals in the amount of more than 50,000 hryvnias within 12 months.
- Receipt of one-time income exceeding 25 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons.
- Opening a bank account or purchasing state loan bonds in the amount of more than 100,000 hryvnias.
- Losing the right to a subsidy due to a change in the composition of the household or the emergence of new sources of income.
It is specifically stated that in regions such as Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv, Luhansk and others, subsidy recipients must notify the Pension Fund about household members who have been abroad for more than 60 days within a month after the lifting of martial law.
