A quarter of Ukrainians still can not apply for compensation "єVidnovlennya": what is the reason?

Despite the fact that almost 130,000 families have already received compensation under the state programme "eVidnovlennya", many citizens still face difficulties in applying for it, and 6% of them do not know about the existence of such assistance at all. This was stated by the head of the party "Servant of the People" and the relevant parliamentary committee, Olena Shulyak, during a forum organised by the "Right to Protection" Foundation.

The main problems when applying

According to the results of the joint research of the Foundation and the Czech humanitarian organisation "Ludina v bidi", 24% of applicants experienced difficulties. Among them:

• 7% - lack of understanding of the application procedure itself;

• 4% - lack of information about the required documents;

• 4% - difficulties in using the portal or the application "Dia";

• 3% - lack of devices for electronic filing;

• 3% - lack of necessary documents.

In addition, for some citizens the problem is the impossibility to physically get to the Centres of Administrative Services (CAAS), especially in the frontline areas.

Mobile APSCs and simplified procedure

Shulyak noted the need to deploy mobile ADSCs that could collect applications in hard-to-reach areas and consult people on the spot. She also proposed to introduce a simplified procedure for receiving compensation in settlements with large-scale destruction - without mandatory inspection of housing.

Some recipients of compensation cannot pay the associated costs - notary services and a pension contribution of 1 per cent. According to Shulyak, this is especially true for citizens who have completely lost their means of livelihood. For them, the state should simplify procedures and provide benefits.

The issue of occupied territories

The eVidnovlenia programme still does not cover housing in the temporarily occupied territories due to the lack of a clear mechanism for its assessment. Although the "Melitopol experiment" on remote fixation of destruction was conducted at the end of 2023, it has not been implemented at the national level. Shulyak stressed the importance of creating and opening the Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property (RDDP) - for transparency of information on compensation and control over the implementation of the programme. She has already addressed Deputy Prime Minister Yuliya Sviridenko with a corresponding appeal.

As Socialportal wrote, critical infrastructure workers injured as a result of Russian shelling are entitled to monetary assistance: 1 million hryvnia - to the family of the deceased, as well as from 200 to 800 thousand hryvnia in case of injury. However, in practice the realisation of this right is often complicated by bureaucracy. Victims have to prove the obvious, that, say, a tank factory, a power plant or a railway are really critical infrastructure facilities. Because of this, litigation is on the rise, and the courts predominantly side with the workers. Socialportal writes about how victims or their families can assert their rights.

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