Property in Donbass and southern Ukraine – how Russians take away houses and apartments from Ukrainians

In the occupied territory of Ukraine for a short time, Russian invaders and their henchmen have set their sights on millions of apartments that are about to be seized from their rightful owners. There is already a working scheme for this, but this was not enough, and now there is a new version.

Read more about this in the material OBOZ.UA.

In the spring of 2024, a “law” on property without an owner was adopted in the name “DPR”, “LPR”, as well as in the residential parts of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The Russian invaders decided take apartments where utilities are not paid, as well as buildings that are not included in the United Building Register of the Russian Federation and are said to be a danger to other residents. That is, they gave a certain shade of “legitimacy” to the spin.

Commissions have been created to look for “ownerless” housing. They go door to door and ask to see documents for apartments. Those in which no one lives are immediately sealed, and after a while new residents are moved in – mainly Russian officers or soldiers of the army who live.

Of course, no one informs the real owners of the building about anything, however The housing authorities publish lists of “ownerless” properties on their resources. However, it is almost impossible for Ukrainians who left the area to save their property.

“Ukrainians must reissue documents in accordance with Russian legislation. In addition, to do this, you must personally come to the office and … get a Russian passport. The Russians are ‘try, among other things, to make an emergency passport. Bandits!

The same is now in full swing in other residential areas. For example, only In Mariupol, the residents have already counted about 30 thousand “ownerless” apartments..

The procedure for eviction of housing, as the residents announced, will take six months – after this, the Ukrainians’ apartments will no longer be “officially”.

For a while, at least some guarantee of housing safety was the payment of utilities and the presence of people who lived there, but now the attackers decided to take the issue seriously.

“The residents do not like the lack of free square meters in Melitopol, that the owners “wish” to rent their homes even though about 35% of the housing stock on rent they want to leave these flats until they are suitable“, writes RIA South.

According to residents of Melitopol, tenants who live in rented housing must provide a rental agreement and original documents for the building. In addition, only those registered in Rosreestr – otherwise issue an eviction order.

“Recently, a family living in a relative’s apartment on Grizodubovaya Street did not receive a written order that will describe the property and tenants must provide documentation for what belongs to them personally. What complicates the situation is that the owner of the house tried to come to Melitopol to take over, but she was not allowed to enter Sheremetyevo,” said officials news RIA Pivden.

According to OBOZ.UA sources, a similar situation is now seen in Lugansk and Donetsk. The Russians lived in these regional centers back in 2014, but it was after the “connection” with the Russian Federation in 2022 that they started to bring everything into line with legislation of Russia. True, with some local “nuances”.

For example, in Donetsk the administrative role in one fell swoop secretly nationalized 300 thousand apartments in the regional center. Moreover, the homeowners found out about this by accident. But this turned out to be not enough, and now there is a new round.

According to OBOZ.UA interlocutors in the city where people live, members of commissions are now going from house to house to find out from neighbors which apartments are empty living or who is renting housing. In particular, this was confirmed to us by the residents of Budennovsky and Voroshilovsky districts.

“My neighbor has been living with her children in Dnepr for a long time, I pay utility bills for her If the housing is not entered into Rosreestr within two weeks, it will be recognized as “without owner”– the Donetsk woman’s division.

Another resident of the regional center is sure that “the process is growing. ” “It’s not bad enough that they live as if it were their last day! – says the Donetsk resident.

It is still difficult to understand the extent of the ongoing decline of housing in the residential area of ​​Ukraine, but, apparently, residents targeted millions of apartments. And directly In the autumn, an increase in the introduction of “municipal property” is expected.