Nadija Gnizdovska, partner at “Juris Ferrum” Law Firm and member of the Building committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, and Akhlamova Anastasiia, assistant attorney at “Juris Ferrum” Law Firm, wrote an article for the publication "Yurist & Zakon" on what the owner of damaged and destroyed property should do.
Key points:
- damaged property is property that can be restored through repair, reconstruction, or restoration;
- destroyed property is property that cannot be restored and requires new construction;
- compensation recipients: owners of damaged/destroyed property (individuals and legal entities); heirs of owners of damaged/destroyed property (with certain exceptions); investors in the construction of damaged/destroyed objects;
- compensation for damaged property: use of the electronic service "e-Recovery" for repair/restoration; monetary payments (up to UAH 200,000) in cases where "e-Recovery" is not used;
- compensation for destroyed property: funds for the construction of a new building; a housing certificate for the purchase of new housing;
- procedure for obtaining compensation: submission of an application and necessary documents to the relevant commission; consideration of the application by the Commission and making a decision on the provision/refusal of compensation; approval of the decision by the executive body of power; issuance of compensation (funds or a housing certificate).
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