Verkhovna Rada ratifies agreements with EIB to create social housing in Ukraine: Ministry for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons

The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the agreements between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on an investment grant for a project to create social housing in Ukraine.

Draft Law No. 0403 was supported by 296 Members of Parliament. This allows the project to move to its next stage: starting implementation in communities and financing the construction of social housing.

"Our task is to provide affordable, quality rental housing to those who need it most, including internally displaced persons and other vulnerable groups. Cooperation with the European Investment Bank and the European Commission gives us both financial resources and an opportunity to introduce European principles: transparent management, energy efficiency, inclusiveness and social integration. We will test this model in pilot projects so that we can later scale it up in other communities of Ukraine with the support of international partners," said Vitalii Bezhin, Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine.

The total funding for the first stage is EUR 100 million. Of this, EUR 50 million is an EIB loan and another EUR 50 million is grant assistance that communities will receive as non-repayable funds for housing construction.

The pilot stage plans to build about 13-15 apartment buildings in two to three selected territorial communities. More than 1,500 families are expected to be provided with social housing.

Both agreements were signed on 25 June 2026 in Gdansk during the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2026).

Importantly, the project involves more than building individual houses. In parallel, the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine is working on a system of municipal social rental housing that other communities will later be able to use and develop.