The Prospects for the Development of Housing Legislation in Ukraine

One of the priority tasks of the state is to meet people's housing needs.However, today the implementation of the constitutional right to housing has become one of the most acute problems in Ukraine.Given the low level of housing stock, significant destruction and damage to housing, as well as massive internal displacement, providing citizens with affordable housing has become impossible.Therefore, a large number of various legislative acts that regulate the functioning of housing policy in Ukraine need revision.The article has been devoted to the prospects for the development of housing legislation in Ukraine.The analysis of the content of the constitutional right to housing was carried out for its compliance with international standards.The main normative legal acts, in accordance with which the procedure for realizing this right is carried out: the Housing Code of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine "On Housing Fund for Social Purposes", etc., have been analysed.The legal regulation of state targeted programs to provide citizens with affordable housing has been studied.Also the attention is drawn to the fact that the system of providing social housing has not been functioning for many years.Financing of budget housing programs at the expense of the funds of the general fund of the state budget is carried out based on the possibilities of the state budget.Therefore, neither the provisions of the Housing Code of Ukraine on obtaining housing from the state, nor the provisions of the Актуальні питання у сучасній науці № 4(22) 2024 542 Constitution of Ukraine on the right to housing, which must be provided by the state, actually work.The particular attention has been paid to the analysis of the draft law of Ukraine "On the basic principles of housing policy".It has been concluded that Art.47 of the Constitution of Ukraine corresponds to international standards, in which the right to housing is recognized as one of the basic human rights.Therefore, the concept of development of housing legislation of Ukraine should be aimed at ensuring the implementation of the constitutional right to housing.