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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