Since 1993, when the process of privatization of state housing began, 199 thousand Volyn residents have privatized 72.2 thousand apartments and single-family houses, which constitutes 83% of the state housing fund available at the start of privatization, the Western Information Corporation was told in the main department of statistics of the region.
In total, the region has 343 thousand apartments, of which 88% are in private ownership of citizens. Among them, almost two-thirds are two- and three-room, one-fifth are one-room, the rest have 4 or more rooms.
Overall, the housing fund of the region amounts to 20.9 million square meters of total area. On average, each resident of the region has 19.2 square meters of total housing area, compared to 21.8 square meters in Ukraine. In the region, 82% of apartments are equipped with gas, 43% with central heating and water supply, 40% with sewerage, and 25% with hot water supply.
Of the total area of the housing fund, 468 thousand square meters (2%) consists of dormitories, of which 57% are departmental. Over 104 thousand square meters of housing, in which almost 5 thousand people live, has been recognized as dilapidated. There are 33 thousand families on the waiting list to receive housing.