Local authorities in Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mykolaiv are receiving massive requests for common space repairs in multi-apartment buildings — but have no municipal budget to respond. Meanwhile, damaged common spaces are blocking 25% of residents from accessing eVidnovlennia state compensation.
For families who lost everything, Cat. 1 has no answer. The case for structural repairs — in private houses, in apartments, and in rural communities tied to their land.
Near the front line, repair is still an emergency. Further away, the transition to temporary housing (Resolution 495) and social housing (Law 12377) must begin now.
For total-loss households, the land still belongs to them. Duplexes and townhouses on owned plots could reach two categories of need in a single intervention. A practitioner's reflection.
22,253 multi-apartment buildings damaged. 25% of residents blocked from state compensation. Local authority budgets exhausted. The gap that humanitarian actors must fill.
Direct links to all core Shelter Cluster technical documents — SOP Category I, Common Spaces SOP, Activity Matrix 2026, Activities Handbook, REACH Assessment, and SIDAR platform.
The legal framework governing humanitarian shelter, IDP housing, and social housing in Ukraine — from CMU Resolution 381 to the landmark Law of December 2025.