The largest number of IDPs found temporary shelter in the Transcarpathian, Lvov and Khmelnytsky regions.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, about two million Ukrainians have been forced to move to other cities. Almost 600,000 apartments are needed to provide them with their own housing. .
He clarified that according to the data provided by the Regional Military Administrations, 2,098,677 IDPs are registered in Ukraine. We are talking only about people who are officially registered as internally displaced persons.
According to preliminary calculations, for they need 599,622 apartments.
«That is, the total area needed now — about 34 million square meters»,— Tymoshenko calculated.
He said that in order to provide the IDPs with housing, they plan to build approximately 30,000 apartments with a total area of one and a half million square meters by the end of the year. According to preliminary estimates, the cost per square meter will be UAH 24,000.
In addition, the authorities will buy ready-made housing from developers.
«Thus, by July it will be possible to provide people with almost seven thousand apartments», — he said.