{"id":16429,"date":"2026-05-25T16:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=16429"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:48:15","slug":"internally-displaced-persons-overview-of-legislative-developments-in-january-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/idp-2026-part1","title":{"rendered":"Internally displaced persons: overview of legislative developments in January-March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January\u2013March 2026, Ukraine adopted a number of decisions directly concerning internally displaced persons and evacuees. This section analyzes policies on forced evacuation, housing provision, and financial support for people who were forced to leave their homes as a result of armed aggression.<\/p>\n<p>The key decisions concern the strengthening of evacuation mechanisms for civilians from combat zones, simplification of state property lease conditions for accommodating IDPs, expansion and automation of living assistance payments, and the formation of housing funds through state subventions. Separate attention is given to groups made vulnerable by past tragedies: an experimental project was launched for registering the place of residence of persons affected by the Chornobyl disaster, and the procedure for paying assistance to persons forcibly resettled in 1944\u20131951 from the territory of the Republic of Poland on ethnic grounds has been regulated.<\/p>\n<p>For your convenience, please use the navigation below:<\/p>\n<nav id=\"toc\" style=\"margin: 20px 0;\" aria-label=\"Contents\"><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#mandatory-evacuation\">Mandatory evacuation<\/a><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#interest-free-loan-household-setup\">Interest-free loan for household setup for evacuees<\/a><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#changes-living-conditions-idps\">Changes in living conditions for internally displaced persons<\/a><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#amendments-living-assistance-idps\">Amendments to the Procedure for Providing Living Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons<\/a><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#subvention-housing-idps\">Subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the establishment of housing for temporary accommodation or supported living for evacuees and IDPs<\/a><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#one-time-assistance-forcibly-resettled\">Procedure for assigning and paying one-time financial assistance to persons forcibly resettled in 1944\u20131951<\/a><a style=\"display: flex; width: 100%; background: #BD0031; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-radius: 8px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center;\" href=\"#experimental-project-chornobyl\">Experimental project for registering information on the place of residence of persons affected by the Chornobyl disaster<\/a><\/nav>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mandatory-evacuation\">Mandatory evacuation<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/go\/4779-IX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Law #4779-IX of February 10, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> children who live in areas of active hostilities, their parents and guardians, persons with disabilities, elderly, the Cabinet of Ministers, the State Emergency Service, the Ministry of Culture, and local self-government bodies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the law provides for the mandatory evacuation of persons with disabilities, older people, and other people who are unable to take care of themselves;<\/li>\n<li>the law provides for the mandatory evacuation of children from areas of active hostilities and territories where such a threat exists;<\/li>\n<li>military administrations, upon the proposal of the local military command, will have the authority to independently make decisions on forced evacuation;<\/li>\n<li>forced evacuation of children is carried out if their place of residence becomes unsafe as a result of hostilities, even if adults:\n<ul>\n<li>delay evacuation for any reason;<\/li>\n<li>are unwilling or unable to evacuate;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>evacuation may be general, meaning that everyone leaves at once, or partial, meaning that only certain categories of people or people from part of a territory leave;<\/li>\n<li>displaced persons are guaranteed housing and essential items in accordance with the Civil Protection Code of Ukraine and the law On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons. Responsibility to provide all necessities is assigned to the Cabinet of Ministers, the State Emergency Service, and local authorities;<\/li>\n<li>the removal of property and cultural heritage sites to safe regions or designated storage facilities is envisaged. Coordination is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Culture, with the participation of the State Emergency Service and local authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The law strengthened mechanisms for evacuating the population under martial law and established a requirement for the mandatory evacuation of children from areas of active hostilities and zones of potential danger. In particular, military administrations are granted the right to independently make decisions on the forced evacuation of children in cases where their place of residence is threatened as a result of armed conflict, regardless of whether adults postpone evacuation or are not ready or able to evacuate independently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"interest-free-loan-household-setup\">Interest-free loan for household setup for evacuees<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/npas\/pro-zatverdzhennia-poriadku-oderzhannia-postrazhdalymy-iaki-evakuiuiutsia-s184110226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cabinet Resolution #184 of February 11, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> people affected by emergencies, local executive authorities, local military administrations, banks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>affected people will be able to obtain an interest-free loan \u2014 a bank loan with the interest rate compensated by the state \u2014 for household setup: the purchase of property, household items, and equipment for arranging new housing;<\/li>\n<li>the maximum loan amount is 50 minimum wages as of January 1 of the year of application; the repayment period is up to 15 years;<\/li>\n<li>the loan is provided once to one adult family member with the written consent of the others; in the event of repeated evacuation, the right to the loan is renewed;<\/li>\n<li>the loan is not provided if the affected person or members of their family have already received other types of financial assistance for household setup from the state budget;<\/li>\n<li>clear deadlines are established for authorities:\n<ul>\n<li>issuance of a certificate to the affected person \u2014 3 working days;<\/li>\n<li>consideration of a loan application \u2014 10 working days;<\/li>\n<li>if not all documents are submitted, one month is granted to submit the missing documents;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>the bank&#8217;s interest rate is fully compensated from the state budget; the principal amount of the loan is repaid by the affected person on their own;<\/li>\n<li>a refusal may be appealed to a commission under the local executive authority within 30 days or in court;<\/li>\n<li>banks participating in the program are selected on a competitive basis according to criteria of financial stability, possession of a license, and an extensive branch network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A full cycle has been defined for obtaining a household setup loan for evacuees: from recognizing a person as affected and collecting documents to concluding a loan agreement with an authorized bank and compensation of interest by the state. The procedure is aimed at supporting people who have lost property and are forced to start life anew in a new place. It ensures access to financial assistance without bureaucratic delays through clearly established deadlines and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"changes-living-conditions-idps\">Changes in living conditions for internally displaced persons<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/npas\/pro-vnesennia-do-deiakykh-postanov-kabinetu-ministriv-ukrainy-zmin-shchodo-stvorennia-umov-t180226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cabinet Resolution #205 of February 18, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> internally displaced persons, civil society organizations and charitable organizations, state and municipal institutions, businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for civil society organizations and charitable organizations that lease state property for the purpose of providing temporary accommodation to internally displaced persons, the rent is set at 0.01% of the value of the property instead of standard rates;<\/li>\n<li>state and municipal institutions working in healthcare, education, culture, social protection, and similar sectors are granted the right to lease state and municipal property to accommodate internally displaced persons without an auction, for a symbolic fee of 1 UAH per year for each facility. No independent evaluation of the property is required;<\/li>\n<li>the procedure for such institutions is simplified: there is no need to include information in the electronic trading system, and the lease agreement is concluded under a simplified procedure;<\/li>\n<li>business entities with a state share of more than 50% are also granted the right to lease real estate for internally displaced persons for 1 UAH per year and without complying with the standard procedures for the alienation of property;<\/li>\n<li>all preferential lease terms apply for the period of martial law:\n<ul>\n<li>for state\/municipal institutions \u2014 plus one year after its termination;<\/li>\n<li>for business entities \u2014 plus six months after its termination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cabinet amended four resolutions regulating the lease of state and municipal property in order to expand opportunities for the temporary accommodation of internally displaced persons. The amendments remove the red tape, namely by cancelling the requirement to hold auctions, conduct independent evaluations, and register information in electronic systems, and by establishing symbolic rent for organizations and institutions involved in addressing the housing needs of displaced people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"amendments-living-assistance-idps\">Amendments to the Procedure for Providing Living Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/npas\/pro-vnesennia-zmin-do-poriadkuia-vnutrishno-peremishchenym-osobam-i-390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cabinet Resolution #390 of March 18, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> internally displaced persons and their families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the resolution extends the maximum period for receiving assistance from four to five six-month periods for a broad range of recipients;<\/li>\n<li>the resolution introduces automatic extension of payments without an additional application for most categories of IDPs, with subsequent verification of compliance with the criteria within one month after the extension;<\/li>\n<li>the list of persons included in the family composition of the authorized person is extended and includes:\n<ul>\n<li>children with disabilities after they turn 18, until they are recognized as persons with Group I or Group II disabilities since childhood;<\/li>\n<li>persons caring for single people with Group I disabilities;<\/li>\n<li>unregistered couples with joint children and persons who have established the fact of cohabitation through a court procedure;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>full-time and dual-form students are granted the right to apply for assistance in person if their actual place of residence differs from the place of residence of the authorized person;<\/li>\n<li>from February 1, 2026, the right to assistance is restored for children who previously lost it on formal grounds, if they apply by May 1, 2026;<\/li>\n<li>it will be possible to assign assistance from January 1, 2026, for persons unable to work and families with children in connection with the increase in the subsistence minimum, also provided that an application is submitted by May 1, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resolution introduces automatic extension of payments without repeated application. Instead of collecting documents again each time, most recipients simply continue receiving assistance, while the state verifies compliance with the criteria afterwards. This reduces the administrative burden and lowers the risk that a person will lose support due to bureaucratic delays. At the same time, the provision on termination of payments from the month following automatic extension if non-compliance with the criteria is identified means that overpaid funds are, in effect, not recovered. This represents a compromise between efficiency and social protection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"subvention-housing-idps\">Subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the establishment of housing for temporary accommodation or supported living for evacuees and IDPs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/npas\/deiaki-pytannia-nadannia-u-2026-rotsi-subventsii-z-derzhavnoho-biudzhetu-mistsevym-biudzhetam-301-060326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cabinet Resolution #301 of March 6, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> local self-government bodies and military administrations, evacuees and internally displaced persons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the resolution determines the mechanism for distributing the subvention among regional budgets: 70% in proportion to the number of registered IDPs in each region, and 30% in proportion to the existing number of temporary accommodation places as of January 1, 2026;<\/li>\n<li>spending priorities within each local budget are set:\n<ul>\n<li>50% for repair and reconstruction of housing;<\/li>\n<li>25% for the construction of new temporary accommodation places;<\/li>\n<li>25% for the conversion of non-residential premises into residential premises;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>100% funding from the subvention, without a co-funding requirement, will be provided for the eight most affected oblasts: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv. For the remaining oblasts, at least 10% of costs must be covered from local budgets;<\/li>\n<li>mandatory requirements regarding accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with limited mobility are established at a minimum of 20% of all housing. Applications that do not meet this criterion are not allowed for consideration;<\/li>\n<li>the subvention cannot be used to pay staff salaries, maintain housing, or pay for housing and utility services, as well as for individual construction projects. The funds can be used exclusively for capital repairs and construction;<\/li>\n<li>the resolution stipulates that facilities constructed using the subvention cannot be alienated throughout the entire period of martial law and for three years after its termination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resolution is an annual operational instrument that launches the budgetary cycle for financing housing for IDPs in 2026. The logic for distributing funds combines two criteria: need \u2014 the number of IDPs \u2014 and capacity \u2014 the availability of relevant infrastructure. In theory, this encourages communities that have already invested in housing to attract additional resources for their development.<\/p>\n<p>The provision on full funding for frontline oblasts is practically justified: to require co-funding from Kharkiv or Kherson oblasts under current conditions would be essentially unrealistic. The inclusivity requirement is also significant as a mandatory criterion for admitting applications, since it is a rare example of accessibility for people with disabilities being included not as a recommendation, but as a strict selection requirement.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the tight deadlines \u2014 30 days for submitting applications and 60 days for distributing funds from the date the resolution enters into force \u2014 create a substantial administrative burden for communities, especially those operating amid hostilities or staff shortages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"one-time-assistance-forcibly-resettled\">Procedure for assigning and paying one-time financial assistance to persons forcibly resettled in 1944\u20131951 from the territories of the Republic of Poland on ethnic grounds<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/laws\/show\/371-2025-%D0%BF#Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cabinet Resolution #371 of March 25, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> people who have been granted the status of persons deported on ethnic grounds as a result of forced resettlement from Ukrainian ethnic territories within Poland in 1944\u20131951, and their heirs in the event of the death of such a person; the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the resolution sets the amount of one-time assistance at ten subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons as of January 1 of the year in which the application is submitted. In 2026, this amounts to approximately 32,000\u201334,000 UAH, depending on the approved indicator;<\/li>\n<li>the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories is designated as the chief administrator of funds and the sole body that decides whether to assign or refuse payment, with a maximum consideration period of three months from the date the application is registered;<\/li>\n<li>the payment can be a part of inheritance: if a person with the relevant status dies without receiving assistance, the right to it passes to their heirs in equal shares;<\/li>\n<li>applications can be submitted both in paper form and online, while some documents may be obtained through inter-register data exchange without being submitted by the applicant;<\/li>\n<li>an exhaustive list of grounds for refusal is defined: absence of deportee status, failure to remedy deficiencies within the established period, or improper representation. At the same time, a refusal does not deprive a person of the right to reapply after the reasons for refusal have been eliminated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resolution is a bylaw adopted to implement the law On the Restoration of the Rights of Persons Deported on Ethnic Grounds. It concerns an extremely small but symbolically significant group of people, namely living witnesses or descendants of Operation Vistula and related forced resettlements.<\/p>\n<p>Most of those directly affected by this resettlement are no longer alive, which is why the inheritance provision is practically key to ensuring real coverage of the payment. However, the quality of implementation will depend on how accessible the procedure for confirming status is for older persons and their families, especially given the need to collect documents concerning events that took place 75\u201380 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"experimental-project-chornobyl\">Experimental project for registering information on the place of residence of persons affected by the Chornobyl disaster<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/npas\/deiaki-pytannia-realizatsii-eksperymentalnoho-proektu-shchodo-vnesennia-do-reiestru-terytorialnoi-hromady-vidomostei-pro-periody-ta-mistse-prozhyvannia-osoby-401-300326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cabinet Resolution #401 of March 30, 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is affected:<\/strong> non-working pensioners who permanently reside in the zone of unconditional mandatory resettlement or in the zone of guaranteed voluntary resettlement and have the status of persons affected by the Chornobyl disaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the resolution clarifies the procedure for the work of temporary commissions that establish information on a person&#8217;s place of residence in Chornobyl-affected zones within the framework of the experimental project for registering the relevant data in territorial community registers;<\/li>\n<li>bodies of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, after receiving updated data from the Unified State Demographic Register and the information system of the State Migration Service, are obliged to establish a pension supplement from January 1, 2026, meaning with retroactive effect from the beginning of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resolution is technical in nature, but important for a specific group of people. It removes the administrative delay between confirmation of the fact of residence in a Chornobyl-affected zone and the actual assignment of the supplement provided for by the state budget of 2026. Previously, a person could spend years proving their entitlement through bureaucratic procedures and lose payments for previous months. The provision on accrual from January 1, regardless of the date on which the Pension Fund receives confirmation, guarantees that delays in verification are not shifted onto the pensioner.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of implementation will depend on how promptly temporary commissions and the State Migration Service transmit updated information to the Pension Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January\u2013March 2026, Ukraine adopted a number of decisions directly concerning internally displaced persons and evacuees. 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