On average a family is compensated 66 UAH of housing and utilities costs
In January-May 2013 482.3 thousand of Ukrainian households applied for subsidies for compensation of housing and communal costs, 5.3% up from January-May 2012, according to the data by the State Statistics Service. 72.4% of applications come from families living in urban areas.
Among regions, the largest proportion of families receiving subsidies, is in Kirovohrad, Sumy and Chernihiv regions (5.5 - 4.0%) and the smallest - in Luhansk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Ternopil, Rivne and Zakarpattia regions (0 8 - 1.1%).
The average size of assigned subsidies for compensation of housing and communal costs per household in May 2013 decreased compared to the same period last year by 18.5% down to 66.3 UAH.
