Starting December 1, the living wage for able-bodied persons has increased by UAH 78 (4.63%) to UAH 1,762, according to the law "On the State Budget for 2017".
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.