Municipal apartments for Ukrainian refugees are being renovated in Estonia

Municipal apartments for Ukrainian refugees are being renovated in Estonia

Kyiv  •  UNN

March 20 2024, 09:20 AM • 62012 views

In the Estonian city of Sillamäe, 11 municipal apartments have been renovated and are being rented to Ukrainian refugees at an affordable price, with the city covering part of the rent and the refugees paying for utilities.

In the Estonian city of Sillamäe , municipal apartments for Ukrainian refugees are being renovated. This is reported by UNN with reference to err.ee.  

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It is noted that renting such apartments will cost refugees less than renting from private owners. The publication says that 11 municipal apartments have already been arranged in the city with government support

According to the terms of the lease, the local authorities have to rent this housing to Ukrainian refugees, and after that there will be no restrictions on renting.

The city allocates an apartment to refugees and they have to pay for utilities, and the city has to pay a certain amount of rent

- said local official Allen Allet.

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Journalists from err.ee explain that such a program helps Ukrainians improve their living conditions. In particular, they managed to talk to a Ukrainian refugee who decided to rent one of the municipal apartments.

We moved into a new apartment, a two-room apartment, comfortable. It already had a nice kitchen, a new oven, a washing machine, and all new plumbing. It's much more affordable than renting an apartment from people

- said Olga, a refugee from Ukraine. 

It is noted that the renovation of 11 apartments in Sillamäe cost almost 200,000 euros, of which about 150,000 were allocated by the state.

Recall

Estonia has proposed a plan to finance Ukraine for 120 billion euros per year. Tallinn believes that the best way to achieve this goal is to borrow from the financial markets or take money from national budgets.