The procedure for providing targeted assistance to IDPs to cover living expenses has been clarified once again

On 23.10.2015, the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 810 dated 07.10.2015 came into force, introducing another amendment to the Procedure for providing monthly targeted assistance to internally displaced persons to cover living expenses, including housing and utility costs, approved by the Government Resolution No. 505 dated 01.10.2014.

In accordance with the current version of the Procedure, internally displaced persons applying for targeted assistance must indicate in the application submitted to the local social protection authority whether any family member owns a residential property located in regions other than the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, areas of the anti-terrorist operation and settlements located on the contact line. In accordance with clause 6 of the Procedure, the presence of such a dwelling owned by IDPs and their family members is a ground for refusal to provide targeted assistance.

At the same time, the application to the local social protection authority no longer needs to indicate whether the family members own vehicles (mechanisms), as this circumstance is not taken into account when granting targeted assistance.

The newly adopted resolution eliminates inconsistencies in the text of the Procedure that arose after it was amended by the CMU Resolution No. 636 dated August 26, 2015.

On practical issues of exercising their rights, IDPs can contact the partners of the project "New Challenges in Legal Support and Protection of Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine" implemented by the All-Ukrainian Coalition for Legal Aid Provision with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Volyn, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky and Chernihiv regions.