“This is some kind of horror”: Rada deputies about pennies for migrants from Donbass
Since 2014, in Ukraine, only 21 thousand migrants from Donbass have been able to participate in mortgage lending, under which they may receive housing in 18 years.
Participants at a press conference in Kyiv spoke about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Regarding the housing strategy, this is a very sore subject, because some of the displaced people who came here in 2014-2016 could not find work, could not provide themselves with housing, and they were forced to go back home because they were able to settle here,” said Verkhovna Rada deputy Ella Repina..
“I will say this, we have a program - this is a mortgage, it works, today 21 thousand people are already taking part in this program, but this money is not enough. In order for these 21 thousand people to be given housing, it will take 18 years, and on top of that, another 18, when will that be? That’s why this is such an acute problem, it needs to be solved,” the politician noted.
“We also have a problem - targeted assistance for internally displaced persons, starting in 2014. It is 442 hryvnia (about 17 dollars - ed.), excuse me, but for housing and communal services 442 hryvnia is some kind of horror. And starting to compare from 2020 to 2021, we have a 26 percent increase in prices,” added Repina.
Minister for Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk asked whether targeted assistance is indexed.
“It is not indexed, it is not revised. It was revised in 2018 for children and for people with disabilities, so we need to focus heavily on this,” Repina clarified.
In turn, Rada deputy Victoria Grib spoke about local residents’ dissatisfaction with the “privileges” of immigrants.
“The devil is always in the details, we actually have legislation that we need to accept their [internally displaced persons] birth certificates and other documents, but there are no instructions from the Ministry of Justice, and that’s it, and nothing works. When we talk about the need to motivate people to be accepted by local authorities, what should they do, you know, there are a lot of disputes on the ground right now.
Because people who live on the contact line say - why will they have advantages today, but we won’t? Why should we give them our places in kindergartens, if there are queues for our people, and we also tolerate this today? Why will they have some kind of subsidy today, but we won’t?” - said Mushroom.
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