People do not want to live in poverty without state support in Ukraine.
The state policy in the sphere of supporting internally displaced persons has completely failed, so more and more Ukrainians are returning to the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation.
This was stated by the head of the Servant of the People party, Olena Shulyak.
“In fact, the state policy on the issue of supporting IDPs has completely failed,” Shulyak wrote.
She explained that the number of internally displaced persons is decreasing not because they are finding a new home in the territory controlled by Ukraine.
“They are simply returning to the occupation. They make their difficult choice, facing a dilemma: to live under occupation or in poverty without state support – they are returning to the IDPs,” Shulyak noted.
According to her, the main and basic need of IDPs is their own housing, which two state programs should help with.
Assistance for citizens living in Ukraine and having the status of internally displaced persons is:
- for persons with disabilities and children – 3,000 UAH
- for other persons – 2,000 UAH
Which IDPs may lose payments in the fall
In order to ensure that families continue to comply with the current regulation (or the procedure for receiving payments), the state, through the social security department, will check within a month whether the financial and property status of these families has changed significantly.
The following may lose payments:
- citizens who are abroad for more than 30 calendar days without justified and documented reasons
- IDPs who purchased an apartment, house or plot of land for more than UAH 100,000 (except for housing received at the expense of the state or local budget)
- purchased a new vehicle, less than 5 years old (except for cars that were purchased by volunteers and donated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
- have their own housing with an area of more than 13.65 sq. m per family member in territories where there is no active (possible) military action or are not occupied
- purchased foreign currency for a total of more than UAH 100,000 (except for currency received from charitable organizations or purchased to pay for medical, social, educational services), as well as bank metals
- have funds in a bank deposit account for a total of more than UAH 100,000.
The criteria for eligibility for payment have also not changed: they remain the same as they were when reassigning assistance to families who applied in March 2024.
We remind you that the rules for internally displaced persons (IDPs) have changed in Ukraine. In particular, the government has regulated the issue of preventing the eviction of vulnerable categories of IDPs from temporary housing.