The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine signed Resolution No. 1087 dated September 3, 2026, which makes significant changes to the procedure for providing housing assistance to internally displaced persons. The document, as reported by RBC-Ukraine, amends the mechanism that has been in effect since March 2022 and introduces a key novelty — the automatic extension of payments for an additional six-month period without the need for the citizen to reapply to the social protection authorities. The changes affect millions of displaced Ukrainians who, over the past four years, have been required to regularly confirm their status and their right to receive financial support.
Who will have their payments extended automatically
According to the text of the resolution, the automatic extension for another six-month period applies to citizens who received housing assistance up to and including August 31, 2026. The main condition is that the person must continue to meet the criteria established by the assistance procedure. This means that, provided the IDP status is maintained and there are no changes in financial situation, the disbursement of funds will continue without a visit to the administrative services center or an application to the social services. For children, whose payment was assigned without taking into account the parents' income, the extension to the next six-month period is also carried out automatically, which relieves parents of additional bureaucratic burden.
Context: how the IDP assistance system has changed since 2022
The initial procedure for providing housing assistance to internally displaced persons was approved in March 2022, in the first months of the full-scale war. Since then, the mechanism has been amended several times: the amounts of payments, the conditions for their assignment, and the confirmation periods have all changed. Prior to the entry into force of Resolution No. 1087, each six-month cycle required the citizen to make a personal or electronic application to confirm the right to continue receiving funds. The new edition eliminates this step for the majority of recipients, reducing administrative barriers and the load on the social protection system, which, under conditions of ongoing conflict and mass displacement, is operating at the limit of its capacity.
Refund of part of the rent and change of the confirming document
In parallel with the automation of the extension, the current legislation retains the possibility for IDPs to receive a refund of part of the rent for housing. This option can be used when certain conditions established by regulatory acts are met. In addition, from October 22, 2026, the main document confirming the status of internally displaced persons will change. Until that date, the current IDP status certificate remains fully valid and is accepted by all state and municipal authorities. After October 22, a new format of the document will be introduced, and citizens may need to exchange it or obtain it again.
Contradictory data
No direct contradictions in dates and figures were found in the provided sources: the resolution is dated September 3, 2026, the threshold date for automatic extension is August 31, 2026, and the change of the IDP status document is scheduled for October 22, 2026. However, it should be noted that the information is based on a single primary source (RBC-Ukraine), which refers to the text of Resolution No. 1087. Independent verification of the document's number and date against the database of Ukrainian regulatory legal acts was not carried out at the time of preparing the material, which leaves a theoretical possibility of inaccuracy in the transliteration of the number or the date of signing.
Practical recommendations for recipients
Citizens who received housing assistance until the end of August 2026 do not need to take any additional actions to maintain their payments — the extension will occur automatically. Nevertheless, it is recommended to monitor official notifications from the social protection authorities and to check that the data in the IDP registry are up to date. Parents of children, for whom a payment has been assigned without taking into account family income, also do not need to reapply. From October 22, 2026, attention should be paid to information about the new document confirming the status of a displaced person, in order to obtain it in a timely manner and avoid delays in receiving any social services.
