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Over UAH 2.8 billion, or US$107 million, in subsidies was paid to Ukrainians from the national budget to compensate housing and utilities costs in January-August 2017, which was 22.3% up year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.
In particular, subsidies worth UAH 2.3 billion, or $87.8 million, were paid to residents in urban areas, while UAH 942 million, or $36 million, was paid to rural residents.
Subsidies for housing and utilities in January-August 2017 were assigned to 7 million households (99.2% of those who applied for subsidies). Some 4.8 million families entitled to subsidies live in urban areas, while 2.21 million households that received compensation for utilities are located in rural areas. The number of families with assigned subsidies over the period under review increased by 68.9% y-o-y, the service reported.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, in January-July 2017 subsidies to reimburse housing and utilities costs were estimated at UAH 3 billion, which was 18.9% up y-o-y.
Ukrainian residents in 2016 received UAH 5.7 billion in housing and utilities subsidies from the budget, which was 58%, or UAH 3.3 billion, up from 2015.