STATE OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN REGIONS OF UKRAINE
Abstract
Research of the state of residential construction in regions of the country has always been a crucial task which is aimed at finding ways to solve one of the most acute socio-economic problems in the Ukrainian economy. The state of residential construction directly affects the level of socio-economic stability in regions, determines the future development of the country's economy. Adequate housing is a top priority which is under the control of the government and regional authorities.
Analysis of the dynamics of capital investment in housing in regions of Ukraine has showed that positive changes of this indicator during 2012-2017 can be observed in Kiev region only while for all other oblasts and the city of Kiev unbalanced growth can be observed. Problems accompanying changes in capital investment in housing in regions include lack of adequate state support for the housing sector, various vectors of local regional policy, military conflict in eastern part of Ukraine, lack of funds to meet existing demand for housing, stragnation on real estate market, lack of proper working conditions for foreign developers in Ukraine.
Analysis of the dynamics on the area of new residential construction in regions of Ukraine in 2012-2017 has showed that positive changes of this indicator are typical for Zhytomyr region and the city of Kiev. Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv regions, as well as Kyiv, are characterized by the largest amount of newly build houses taken into use. The problems that characterize changes in the area of new housing in regions of Ukraine include the lack of the necessary amount of investment into the activities of developers, insufficient production capacity of developers, some regions have poor permitting procedures, concentration of population in regions with high wages should be taken into account.
It has been established that the housing stock is growing year after year in Ukraine. The largest amount of housing stock is in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Lviv regions, Kyiv, the smallest is in Chernihiv, Sumy, Ternopil, Rivne, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Kherson and Chernivtsi regions. Problems accompanying changes in the housing stock in regions of Ukraine include the significant proportion of the demolition of the housing stock, insufficient housing stock with adequate communications, lack of funds to update the housing stock in regions, the absence of a strategy to increase housing stock depending on the state of the economy of the country.
The problems identified are organized into such categories as organizational-economic, socio-economic, political-legal, national security, production-technical, environmental and financial-economic. The most important are the problems included into financial and economic subsystem, which can be observed in the analysis of each area of study of state of residential construction in regions.
The current state of residential construction in the regional context needs to highlight the following areas of its improvement: improvement of the strategy of development of residential construction in Ukraine and development of regional programs of its comprehensive support; promotion of residential construction; formation of investment attractiveness in regions
