Prohibiting the eviction of IDPs from temporary accommodation centres will not ensure sustainable protection of the right to housing – an analysis of draft laws

Human rights organisations prepared a detailed analysis of two draft laws of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine aimed at prohibiting the eviction of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from temporary accommodation centres (TAСs) – No. 14219 and alternative No. 14219-1.

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These are legislative initiatives registered in November 2025, which are currently being reviewed by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories.

Despite their shared goal of prohibiting the eviction of IDPs from TAСs, the draft laws propose different regulatory mechanisms. At the same time, as noted in the analysis, none of them provides adequate and sustainable protection of IDPs’ right to housing.

Among the key concerns raised by experts are the following:

• Temporary accommodation centres, by their nature, are an emergency and short-term solution rather than adequate housing;
• Enshrining a general prohibition on eviction in law may complicate the transformation of TACs into social, temporary or supported housing;
• Prohibiting eviction without considering valid grounds (ownership of housing, systematic violations of the rules of residence, prolonged absence) creates risks for the rights of other residents of the TACs and the safety of residence;
• The draft laws effectively duplicate or contradict the existing regulation established by Resolution No. 930 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

The analysis notes that current legislation already provides mechanisms to protect IDPs from unjustified eviction, in particular through mandatory relocation to another temporary accommodation centre, defined grounds for eviction and compensation by the state for utility costs.

Experts draw particular attention to the risk that introducing a general prohibition on eviction at the legislative level could: entrench the practice of prolonged residence of IDPs in temporary accommodation facilities; slow down the integration of IDPs into host communities; and reduce the state’s motivation to develop and finance long-term housing solutions.

“Temporary accommodation centres do not meet the criteria of safety, privacy and suitability for long-term living. Keeping IDPs in TACs cannot replace a comprehensive housing policy”, the authors of the analysis note.

The conclusions emphasise that real protection of IDPs’ housing rights is possible not through a general legislative prohibition on eviction, but through strengthening control over the implementation of Resolution No. 930 and developing sustainable solutions for providing housing – social, affordable, temporary housing as well as supported living services.

The full text of the analysis is available at this link.

For reference

The Coalition of organisations dealing with the protection of the rights of victims of armed aggression against Ukraine includes: the Human Rights Centre ZMINA, NGO Donbas SOS, NGO Crimea SOS, CF Right to Protection, CF East SOS, Civil holding GROUP OF INFLUENCE, CF Stabilization Support Services, the Crimean Human Rights Group, and NGO Crisis Insight.