Compensation for destroyed housing: who will receive the money if the owner died

Ukrainians who lost their homes during the hostilities are already applying for compensation. The procedure is still being improved, and bills appear that propose to normalize some aspects of this process.

Olena Shulyak, leader of the Servant of the People party, said that Ukrainians may have the opportunity to inherit compensation for destroyed housing.

Who can receive compensation if the owner of the home dies

Therefore, Bill 7198 states that if the owner died, compensation can be received by his heirs.

If the deceased owner made a will, then the persons specified in the will have the right to inherit.

If there is no will, then inheritance takes place according to the standard procedure in accordance with the law. That is, the heirs receive the right to inherit in turn:

• in the first place, the children of the testator, including those conceived during the life of the testator and born after his death, the one of the spouses who survived him, and the parents have the right to inherit;
• in the second place – the brothers and sisters of the testator, his grandmother and grandfather, both on the father’s side and on the mother’s side;
• in the third place – the uncle and aunt of the testator;
• in the fourth – persons who lived with the testator in the same family for at least five years before the opening of the inheritance;
• fifth – other relatives of the testator up to the sixth degree of kinship inclusive, and relatives of a closer degree of kinship remove from the right of inheritance of relatives of a further degree of kinship.

What else does the bill suggest?

Earlier we said that the relevant bill has already been approved in the first reading. He proposes to leave the Ukrainians the right to choose and allow them not to settle for state-owned apartments, but to invest the amount of compensation that belongs to them. in private housing construction.

The owner of a destroyed house can receive money in two ways:

• transfer to a special account;
• as payment for the construction (restoration) of damaged property.

“Today” also wrote what documents are needed to receive compensation for housing damaged or destroyed during the hostilities and told who and why they might be denied.