On February 16, 2024, the Head of ARMA Olena Duma together with her deputy Pavlo Velykorechanin took part in a meeting of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Protection of Property and Non-property Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and Other Persons Affected by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

During the meeting, Olena Duma provided materials on the inventory of residential facilities that can already be considered for the issue of housing for people who have lost their homes and suggested the creation of a state pilot program to provide internally displaced persons with housing.  

According to the head of the National Agency, the implementation of this initiative is possible through the adoption of important decisions.

The mechanism should involve the participation of legal entities, namely state-owned enterprises that are managed by regional military administrations or individual entrepreneurs, in ensuring the conclusion of asset management agreements and cooperation with ARMA to provide housing for internally displaced persons during martial law in Ukraine.

The Head of the National Agency noted that last year she initiated the transfer of residential facilities managed by ARMA for the needs of temporarily displaced persons.

The Agency initiated a corresponding draft law. The government has already supported the changes initiated by ARMA and submitted the draft law to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Reg. No. 1️1009).

The draft law provides for the application of a simplified procedure for transferring assets into management to improve the efficiency of their management based on a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers in the presence of at least one of the following circumstances:

ARMA's effectiveness should be in results and genuine care for people. The Head of the Agency voiced the risks of implementing the use of seized real estate, as people should be informed in advance when the seizure is lifted that the asset is returned to the owner. And the authorities should consider a mechanism for providing alternative housing in advance.  

However, this should not become an obstacle to achieving the main goal: caring for Ukrainians who are victims and have lost their homes.