Compensation for broken windows: how to get money for small repairs after the attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - we explain

In early May, Viceremier-Minister for Recovery of Ukraine, Minister of Community, Territories and Infrastructure Development Alexander Kubrakov reported that since February 24, 2022, the Russian forces had destroyed and damaged almost 18. 5 thousand multi-storey residential buildings and more than 142 thousand private estates .

Over the last month, air attacks from the aggressor country have increased again: almost every night the air defense forces rescue Ukrainians, preventing the direct entry of Russian shells into homes. But, unfortunately, no one is immune to the wreckage of drones and missiles that fly into housing. On May 9, the Equation Program was launched in Ukraine, aimed at allocating compensation for the restoration of homes and apartments that have undergone minor damage.

First of all, the replacement of windows, doors, roof repairs and more. All citizens of Ukraine whose housing has been damaged as a result of hostilities and is subject to recovery. This applies to apartments, private homes and other living quarters, such as a dormitory rooms. But priority will be given: assistance is not provided to those who are under sanctions; People who are convicted of national security and their heirs.

To obtain compensation, it is necessary to: funds can only be used for the purchase of building materials: windows, doors, roofs, as well as for the services of contractors who have appropriate codes for work, if they apply for participation in the program through the action portal. It is possible to use compensation within 1 year of its accrual. Focus journalist anonymously turned to a hot government line for consultation with the following history.

Last year, windows flew out in the pensioner's house. The woman does not have cameras in a mobile phone, that is, she could not take a photo of the damage in a timely manner (the Equinal Program is recommended to take photo/video evidence of damage). She can not register on the "Action" portal. At the same time, the pensioner lives in a village where there is no center for administrative services, notaries or social security management, which could help with the application for compensation.

What to do to people and can they count on payments? "Registration in" Action "is mandatory, because the program pulls out of real estate from the registers, that is, the application must be submitted by the homeowner. A hotline specialist. In other words, if the injured person cannot establish an "action" and send an application, and he has no relatives and acquaintances who can help, then it will not be possible to obtain compensation "for technical reasons".

The hotline also noted that the absence of photos and video cards of damage when applying for compensation would not be a problem. "Nothing wrong. Within 30 days after the application, a special commission should come to you. They will take all the necessary photos themselves. Even if the damage was received last year, experts will be installed and fixed," the operator replies. If the victim has done repair on his own and installed the broken windows, then he will not pay compensation.

The only option that does not interfere with the receipt of the funds is if the window was scored by plywood or tape. "The window is not repaired by plywood, which means that you can participate in the program and get money," the operator explains. According to the lawyer Rostislav Kravets, the Equinal Program is done in such a way that not everyone will be able to get money to repair the damaged house.

"If from the beginning to the bill priority priority is made, then you can immediately understand that it is not planned to pay these compensations. That is, you can, of course, apply, but until the money receives veterans of war, families of dead, participants of hostilities and so Further from the list of priority, you will live without windows, and if you make repairs, then do not wait for compensation.

Besides the money is provided either for materials or repairs, that is, you can not do anything yourself. Even if you know yourself Put windows, you will not be able to get a payment. A very corrupt system of assistance is obtained: to buy materials only from those in the program, to look for contractors there. At the same time, no one worries that people live in destroyed and damaged homes for more than a year, " - says Kravets in a comment.