Large families can pay less for housing and utility services

In order to create adequate material conditions for raising children in families, the state provides social assistance to parents. Thus, large families, i.e. families with three or more children under the age of 18, are granted privileges for the payment of housing and communal services.

What is the size of the privileges?

50% discount on housing payments within the limits provided for by law (21 square metres of total living space per family member permanently residing in the dwelling (house), plus an additional 10.5 square metres per family);
50% discount on utility services;
50% discount on the cost of solid and liquid domestic fuel (if the houses do not have central heating and do not use natural gas or electricity for heating).

Who is eligible for the privileges?

The privilege is granted to large families provided that the average monthly total income of the family per family member does not exceed the income threshold that entitles them to a tax social benefit.

A tax social benefit is the right of an employee to reduce the amount of taxable income from which personal income tax is withheld. A tax social benefit is granted if the income does not exceed 1.4 times the subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons:

In 2026: 3,328 UAH × 1.4 = 4,659.2

This means that large families whose income per family member does not exceed 4,660 UAH will be eligible for the housing and communal services privilege.

For what period is the privilege granted?

The privilege is granted for 12 months from the month in which the relevant right is determined, but not longer than until the last day of the calendar year. From the new calendar year, the right to receive privileges for the payment of housing and communal services is determined automatically by the Pension Fund of Ukraine in accordance with the family's income.

How to calculate the amount of the privilege for a large family?

For example, a family of 5, consisting of two adults and three children, where one parent receives 7,000 UAH for childcare, and the other is officially employed and receives 10,000 UAH per month.

The family lives in a 64 sq. m apartment, and the cost of housing and communal services according to the established standards during the heating season is approximately 5,800 UAH.

Family income: 7,000 UAH + 10,000 UAH = 17,000 UAH.

Income per person: 17,000 UAH / 5 = 3,400 UAH – does not exceed the amount of income that entitles the person to a tax social benefit (4,660 UAH).

The amount of the privilege is 5,800 UAH x 50% = 2,900 UAH.

How to apply for the privilege?

Submit an application and documents for the privilege to the Pension Fund of Ukraine:

in person, by contacting the selected service centre of the Pension Fund of Ukraine;
by post – to the address of the Pension Fund of Ukraine;
online – via the Pension Fund of Ukraine's e-services web portal, the ‘Pension Fund’ mobile app or the DIIA portal.

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