Housing, land and property restitution after wars takes decades: Ukraine can change this
Resource information
Date of publication
mei 2023
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100519
Pages
3
Ukraine is poised to transform the process of housing, land and property (HLP)
restitution and compensation after wars. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced
more than 13.5 million people (UNHCR 2023) and created massive destruction and
damage to the country’s HLP. Initial efforts at recovery along with counter-offensives
have stabilized large areas of the country and liberated others, to which displaced
Ukrainians are now beginning to return (Duggar 2022; Conkling 2022). The Ukrainian
government faces the monumental task of getting millions of returnees back to their
HLP and facilitating compensation for damage and destruction.