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How IDPs can change their place of residence

20 February 2025

Where can you find free housing? Free shelter for displaced people is provided by individual citizens and by state, municipal and private institutions.

Can a displaced person change their shelter? How much will they have to pay for such housing? Where can they find a free place to live? What if housing with special conditions is needed (for example, for an infant or a person with reduced mobility)? What compensation can people hosting displaced persons expect, and under what conditions?

Dozens of questions like these concern Ukrainians today.

You can see the number of shelters available in a particular region and the number of vacant places in them on the “Where You Are Expected” platform. The same platform also provides the telephone numbers of accommodation contact centres for each region.

We offer you a selection of useful tips. You may find answers to your questions in them.


Infographic “Housing from individuals”: five steps for searching through Prykhystok, QR codes for prykhystok.gov.ua and dopomagai.org, and the stated IDP assistance and host compensation amounts.

Infographic “Housing from local authorities”: contacting regional military administrations and local self-government bodies, accommodation in collective centres and compensation to institutions hosting IDPs.

Infographic on applying for living assistance, compensation and free housing through social protection authorities, local authorities and Prykhystok. Listed hotlines: (096) 058-83-76, 15-48, (066) 813-62-39.