At a Glance
Grant amount: US$399,973
Implementation period: February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
Bank Lending Operation: Housing Repair for People's Empowerment Project (P181200)
Loan amount: US$309 million
Grant Objective & Implementation
The grant provided support to the Government of Ukraine in its efforts to develop sustainable housing and municipal infrastructure and services reconstruction strategies and associated World Bank lending projects. The grant was linked to the Housing Repair for People’s Empowerment Project (HOPE) (under implementation) but also informed the Supporting Reconstruction through Smart Fiscal Governance (SURGE) and the Strengthening Government Capacity for Fiscal Reform Implementation (STRONG) lending projects (both under implementation).
The grant had two components:
- Component 1 was dedicated to supporting housing reconstruction in alignment with EU requirements, including in terms of energy efficiency and overall alignment with EU environment pre-accession and green deal policies.
- Component 2 focused on providing support to the ability of the sub-national system to undertake critical reconstruction, development, and climate-focused activities for municipal services more broadly.
Implementation and Next Steps
The grant closed on December 31, 2025, having successfully achieved its objective to supporting the policy dialogue related with the Housing Repair for People’s Empowerment Project, HOPE (under implementation). The main focus of the grant was to support the Government of Ukraine in their aim to improve housing policy alignment and to develop a national State Housing Policy Strategy. It also informed the Supporting Reconstruction through Smart Fiscal Governance (SURGE) and the Strengthening Government Capacity for Fiscal Reform Implementation (STRONG) projects (both under implementation).
For further details, please reach out to the grant’s lead contact Tengiz Gogotishvili or to Axel Baeumler and Anita Ellmauer-Klambauer from the ECA C&CC team.
Last Updated: May 15, 2026
