The six-month period allotted to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to develop the sub-legislative framework for the Law "On the Basic Principles of Housing Policy" (No. 4751-IX) expired on August 15, 2026, without any mandatory decisions being adopted. This was stated on August 25 by Elena Shulak, head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on state governance organization, local self-government, regional development and urban planning, as she delivered a public assessment of the document's implementation progress, RBC-Ukraine reports.
Timeline of the law's adoption and established deadlines
The Verkhovna Rada adopted Law No. 4751-IX "On the Basic Principles of Housing Policy" in its second reading on January 13, 2026. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the document on February 12, and it entered into force on February 15, 2026. According to Shulak's clarification, it was from this date that the six-month period began to be counted, during which the government was obliged to adopt the sub-legislative acts necessary for the practical launch of the housing reform. The deadline ended on August 15, 2026 — ten days before the current date.
What exactly has not been done and why this is critical
According to the MP, within the established deadline the Cabinet of Ministers was supposed to approve a number of sub-legislative acts and, in particular, the State Strategy for Housing Policy through 2033. The latter document is a necessary condition for setting the corresponding indicators of the State Budget for 2027, a draft of which the parliament traditionally submits by September 15. "None of these decisions has been adopted," Shulak noted. Thus, the 2027 budget cycle risks proceeding without dedicated funding lines for the housing reform, which effectively pushes the program's start back by at least a year.
The problem of fragmented data and the absence of a unified system
A separate systemic obstacle, as pointed out by the committee head, remains the lack of a unified informational picture of the country's housing stock. Housing issues are handled in parallel by the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity, the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs and the Ministry of Defense — each with its own data, which is not consolidated into a single database anywhere. Without the launch of the Unified Information-Analytical System, according to Shulak's assessment, no state body is able to accurately determine the actual state of the state and municipal housing stock. "There is data, there is analytics — you can make quality decisions. No data — and the quality of those decisions will be commensurate," she explained.
Impact on the private sector and social programs
Shulak also emphasized that the uncertainty in the legal field leaves private business "in limbo," which is planning to operate as a provider of social or affordable housing. Without an approved procedure and clear rules of the game, investors cannot count on stable conditions, and potential recipients of social housing are deprived of guarantees. The MP called the situation "a challenge both for the relevant ministry and for the government as a whole."
The Cabinet's program of activities as a pressure mechanism
On August 17, 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers approved its Program of Activities, which will soon be considered by the Verkhovna Rada. The document assigns to the new Ministry of Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons the task of implementing the housing law already in 2026. "We insisted that the implementation of this law in 2026 be spelled out in the government's program of actions," Shulak reported. According to her, if the parliament supports the program, the Cabinet of Ministers will have a "clearly fixed timeframe" within which it is obliged to complete its part of the work. This, in essence, turns a political commitment into a verifiable criterion, the violation of which may become a subject of parliamentary oversight.
