Current Trends in the Development of the Housing Fund in Ukraine

Abstract

The study emphasizes certain prerequisites that create significant obstacles in the development of the housing stock in Ukraine. The analysis of the latest researches and publications proved the high interest of scientists in the study of trends and problematic aspects of the establishment and development of state housing policy. An analysis of the state and trends of the housing stock, its provision with the necessary equipment was carried out, and it was concluded that despite the fairly significant volumes of housing construction in Ukraine, which were characteristic especially for 2010-2012, the country’s total housing stock over the past 20 years (2000-2020) has practically not changed. In the structure of the domestic housing stock, the urban housing stock dominates – 61.6% in 2020. However, its share decreased slightly during the analysed period. In general, the predominance of urban housing stock is a natural characteristic. Indicators of the provision of the population of the regions of Ukraine with the housing fund have been calculated. It is positive that the growth of both the total area of residential premises and the directly residential area of residential premises in 2019-2021 is typical for the vast majority of regions of Ukraine. It was emphasized that the amount of dilapidated housing stock in both Ukraine and its regions remains large (in terms of physical indicators). As of 2020, this figure was 3.3 million m2 in the country as a whole, and in some regions it was from 100 to 300 thousand m2. The situation in such regions of our country as Kharkiv (712.8 thousand m2), Odesa (329.2 thousand m2), Vinnytsia (221.4 thousand m2), Donetsk (236.4 thousand m2) and Poltava region (201.5 thousand m2) should be considered especially critical. It is suggested that the main vectors of the state housing policy include increasing the level of housing affordability for the population, development of the housing market, formation and development of housing policy infrastructure

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“…The total volume of living space was much smaller. It was 636.8 million square metres as of January 1, 2021, and the increase in the living space of residential premises in the country for 2019-2021 was only 1.84%, or 11.5 million square metres (Dubyna & Zabashtanskyi, 2023). Statistical indicators of the housing facilities stock in 2022-2023 are not considered due to the country being in a state of war, resulting in the systematic destruction of the housing facilities stock.…”

“…For example, the volume of dilapidated housing during 2010-2020 was significantly increased in Vinnytska (by 20.2%), Kyivska (6.9%), Lvivska (22.82%), Poltavska (69.33%), Sumska (66.1 %), Kharkivska (26.43%), and Chernihivska (3.95%) regions. Similarly, there has been a rise in emergency housing stock in Donetska (127.5 thousand square metres) and Odeska (108.8 thousand square metres) regions (Dubyna & Zabashtanskyi, 2023).…”