Approximately four thousand flats have not been privatised in Mykolaiv

Soliani neighbourhood, illustrative photo: Autostrada

Approximately 4,000 apartments in Mykolaiv remain unprivatised and may eventually become municipal property.

This is stated in the article NikVesti «Privatisation of flats in Mykolaiv: what you need to know and be prepared for».

According to First Deputy Mayor Vitalii Lukov, there are between 135,000 and 140,000 flats in Mykolaiv, of which about 4,000 are unprivatised.

«People, get your housing in order. You have the right to privatisation, so take advantage of it. Otherwise, the time may come when you will lose it. If you currently live in a non-privatised flat, the law may change, and you will no longer be able to privatise it and will be forced to rent this housing from the city,» Vitalii Lukov said in a comment to NikVesti.

In addition, according to Vitalii Lukov, there have been cases where apartments in Mykolaiv were damaged or destroyed by shelling, but the residents were left without compensation because legally the housing belongs to the city.

«Nowadays, it happens that housing is destroyed or damaged. And people are not entitled to compensation because they do not legally own the housing; they rent it. We have such cases, and there are more than one, when people lost their apartments due to bombing and received nothing because the apartment legally belonged to the city. This happened because in 30 years, people did not exercise their right to privatisation. There are about 4,000 such apartments in Mykolaiv,» added Vitalii Lukov.

Who can privatise an apartment and what documents are required?

According to Vitalii Lukov, city residents — tenants of communal property apartments and their family members who legally reside in this housing — have the right to privatisation. They are the ones who can apply for privatisation through the ASC.

The service is officially free of charge. At the same time, applicants will have to pay related expenses — for example, the cost of obtaining a technical passport and a certificate from Oschadbank confirming that they have not used any housing vouchers (a conditional «currency» introduced by the state in 1992 for the free privatisation of housing).

Required documents:

• an application for privatisation of the flat (the form is available at the ASC);

• technical passport for the flat;

• copy of the apartment order;

• a housing lease agreement.

• certificate from the balance holder (housing and communal services, management company, etc.) confirming that the flat is not in an emergency or dilapidated condition.