Pavlo Rozenko: Our task is to attract as many citizens as possible to the use of subsidy system

Under the new order of registration of subsidies, which came into force on May 1, 2015, more than 1 million 100 thousand of Ukrainian families have already applied to local authorities, 850 thousand of which have been granted subsidies. Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko said this at a briefing at the Government House on June 26.

According to him, after the facilitation of the issuance of housing subsidies refusal rate makes up 3-5%, whereas under the previous rules this figure was 40-50%.

The Minister has also assured that all the citizens who have submitted documents for subsidies in May and June, but have not yet received a response from the local social insurance offices will be assigned a subsidy from 1 April 2015, and any additional costs to pay for gas and utilities for over this period will be compensated.

"Our task is to attract to the subsidy system as many citizens as possible. Therefore, in the near future we will present changes to the regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which further simplify the procedure of registration of subsidies for people and empower local authorities to decide themselves in unusual situations," Pavlo Rozenko noted, stressing that the Government urges local authorities to take an individual’s side in touchy situations and grant a subsidy.

In general, according to the Minister, it is expected that during the unheated season 1.5 - 1.8 million of Ukrainian families will use the housing subsidy system. "For comparison, last year during the unheated period only 370 thousand of families received subsidies," he added.