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title: "Six-month deadline for housing reform has expired: Cabinet of Ministers has not adopted a single sub-legislative act"
description: "Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers missed the six-month deadline for developing the sub-legislative framework for housing law No. 4751-IX: no mandatory act, including the Strategy through 2033, has been adopted. The parliament intends to fix the implementation deadlines in the government's program of activities."
date: 2026-08-25T14:20:00.000Z
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# Six-month deadline for housing reform has expired: Cabinet of Ministers has not adopted a single sub-legislative act

![Hands holding a set of apartment keys against a bedroom background — a symbol of the housing reform whose six-month deadline expired without the Cabinet adopting any subordinate acts](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/25/kabmin-propustil-dedlain-zhilyshnaya-reforma-ukraina/kabmin-propustil-dedlain-zhilyshnaya-reforma-ukraina-1.webp)

## 🎯 Key Points

- The six-month period for developing the sub-legislative framework for Law No. 4751-IX expired on August 15, 2026, without any decisions being adopted
- The State Strategy for Housing Policy through 2033 has not been approved, putting the 2027 budget indicators at risk
- The absence of a Unified Information-Analytical System makes it impossible to assess the actual state of the housing stock
- The Cabinet's program of activities, approved on August 17, enshrines the obligation to implement the law in 2026

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.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [Housing reform at risk? Cabinet of Ministers missed the deadline for key decisions](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/zhitlova-reforma-pid-zagrozoyu-kabmin-propustiv-1787666378.html) - Первоисточник: цитата Е. Шуляк с указанием дат принятия закона (13.01.2026), подписания (12.02.2026), вступления в силу (15.02.2026) и утверждения Программы деятельности Кабмина (17.08.2026). Даты внутренне согласованы.
- [Why senators returned the housing reform law to the Mazhilis and what comes next: homework](https://www.zakon.kz/sovety-yurista/6453139-pochemu-senatory-vernuli-v-mazhilis-zakon-po-zhilishchnoy-reforme-i-chto-dalshe-domashnee-zadanie.html) - Источник относится к жилищному законодательству Казахстана (Мажилис, Сенат РК). Не подтверждает и не опровергает факты по украинскому закону №4751-IX. Использован не был.

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: When did the Law "On the Basic Principles of Housing Policy" enter into force?
**A:** Law No. 4751-IX was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in its second reading on January 13, 2026, signed by the president on February 12, and entered into force on February 15, 2026.

### Q: What deadline was given to the Cabinet of Ministers to develop the sub-legislative framework?
**A:** A six-month period, counted from February 15, 2026, i.e. until August 15, 2026. According to Elena Shulak, none of the necessary decisions was adopted during this period.

### Q: Why is the failure to approve the Housing Policy Strategy through 2033 critical?
**A:** The Strategy is necessary for setting the indicators of the State Budget for 2027, a draft of which the parliament traditionally submits by September 15. Without it, targeted funding for the reform in the 2027 budget may be absent.

### Q: What will happen after the Cabinet's program of activities is considered in the Rada?
**A:** If the parliament supports the program, the implementation of the housing law in 2026 will be fixed as an obligation of the new Ministry of Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, creating a verifiable timeframe for the government's actions.