{"id":20032,"date":"2026-02-26T17:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cedos.org.ua\/?post_type=news&p=20032"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:02:07","slug":"rdna5-highlights-shortage-of-affordable-housing-and-gaps-in-comprehensive-social-services","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cedos.org.ua\/en\/news\/rdna5-highlights-shortage-of-affordable-housing-and-gaps-in-comprehensive-social-services\/","title":{"rendered":"RDNA5 Highlights Shortage of Affordable Housing and Gaps in Comprehensive Social Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 23 February 2026, the fifth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) for Ukraine was released<\/a>. The assessment was prepared jointly by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the UN, covering the period from 24 February 2022 to 31 December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the request of the World Bank, Cedos experts \u2014 Anastasiia Bobrova, Yuliia Kabanets, Alina Khelashvili, Yaroslav Onyshchuk, Sviatoslav Zembitskyi, Nataliia Lomonosova, and Yuliia Nazarenko \u2014 contributed to the \u201cHuman Impact Assessment\u201d section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The assessment notes that Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion has exacerbated poverty and inequality, deepening pre-existing structural challenges. The most affected groups include internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees, older persons, people with disabilities, youth, war veterans, and their families. They face economic hardships, limited access to stable employment, a shortage of adequate housing, and insufficient comprehensive social services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access to adequate and affordable housing remains a cross-cutting issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIDPs rely on the private rental sector, often without written contracts, and thus face heightened risks of eviction and volatile rent increases. Housing affordability continues to deteriorate broadly and for IDPs in particular, as around half of IDP renters spend more than one-third of their income on rent, and 18 percent spend over half\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report also emphasizes that access to comprehensive social support remains limited despite growing needs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCapacity limitations, damaged infrastructure, funding gaps, staff shortages, and poor working conditions for social workers continue to undermine service delivery, especially in frontline and rural municipalities. Strengthening community-based health, social protection, and long-term care systems is essential to meet the needs of a growing and aging population of persons with disabilities\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDNA5 highlights the need to move from fragmented assistance toward integrated solutions and recommends prioritizing investments in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n