Servicemember Dmytro Babchuk, the fiancé of TV host Lesia Nikitiuk, spoke about delays in receiving state assistance to purchase housing. His apartment remained in temporarily occupied territory after the city was seized by Russia.
On Instagram, the servicemember explained that he had applied to take part in the state housing voucher program to buy a new property. However, according to Babchuk, he was told that no budget funding was available:
“You’re a servicemember who lost his apartment because your city was occupied. You applied for a 2 million hryvnia voucher so you could at least get yourself a doghouse, and you’ve already been waiting 10 months for it, but they say, unfortunately, there’s no money for this in the budget,” Dmytro Babchuk wrote emotionally.
Babchuk also contrasted the difficulties faced by servicemembers and veterans who lost their homes because of Russian aggression with reports of large-scale corruption schemes. He expressed frustration that people without a home of their own who need state support are forced to wait a long time for assistance.
We previously reported:
- UAH 6.9 billion is planned for veterans’ housing in 2027
- “They shun servicemembers”: Family of a Ukrainian defender faces housing difficulties in Mykolaiv
- €140 million for housing: IDPs from occupied territories to receive vouchers, veterans to get preferential mortgages
- UAH 1.3 billion for IDP housing: how the voucher program works in Mykolaiv region
- Two million for housing: “eRecovery” launches a new season
