In its current form, the proposed procedure poses huge risks of abuse.
A few days ago, the government stated that the Ukrainian The authorities have expanded the activities of the State Program for Youth Housing , adding the possibility of building and purchasing housing for temporary accommodation of internally displaced persons. But a study of the document showed that it carries great risks of abuse. Expert Heorhiy Mohylnyi announced this on Facebook. housing, “said Mohylny.
The expert emphasizes that the resolution does not mention internally displaced persons. The clear rules of the previous criteria for program participants have been changed by general wording. For example, the mention of young families in the Order remained, but there were no requirements for financial status, housing, etc.
“And added opportunities:
– construction or purchase of housing by the State Youth Housing for the purpose of further transfer of such housing for rent (rent), lease with the right of redemption, sale on the terms of preferential crediting (without specifying to whom the transfer);
– preferential lending to legal entities and individuals for housing construction (without specifying the requirements and objectives of housing construction by legal entities, the percentage of no more than the NBU discount rate for up to 20 years) “, – wrote the expert.
According to Mohylny, these norms will be finalized at the discretion of the State Youth Housing and agreed with the Ministry of Regional Development.
“In fact, they threw away budget money and possible foreign aid for the expenditures of the State Youth Housing according to the rules that the State Youth Housing will then approve for itself in agreement with the Ministry of Regional Development,” Mogilny said. meters, according to which the State Youth Housing will issue loans, buy and even build housing on its own as a customer.
Previously, there were 4 grades depending on the type of settlement.
- For large cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odessa and Kharkiv, it was possible to buy 1.75 times more than the indirect cost of construction in the region.
- For regional centers, as well as cities of regional importance with a population of over 300 thousand people – 1.5 times.
- For cities of regional importance with a population of 100 thousand to 300 thousand – 1.25 times .
- For other settlements – the indirect cost in the area.
No changes have occurred only for large cities. But for other types of settlements the changes are significant.
“For example, even in a village in the district next to any regional center, the coefficient is now 1.75 (+ 75% of the price compared to the previous one). That is, with a budget account or foreign aid money you can buy/build housing even in the village 1.75 times more expensive than the indirect cost of construction in the region. The lowest existing coefficient that determines the marginal price of purchase/construction in the new version of the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers – 1.5 “, – the expert writes.
If these changes are approved, such a lack of clear rules and relative permissiveness in the allocation of funds will create high risks of abuse and rampant corruption. The worst thing is that this can lead to a situation where IDPs and people who have lost their homes simply will not receive it.
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It will be recalled that the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of April 16, 2022 №457 came into force, by which the Government changed the procedure for payment of assistance to migrants .
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