Article 22. Right to housing

The state shall ensure that persons with disabilities have access to governmental and special housing programs.

The state shall ensure the necessary conditions and opportunities for persons with disabilities and families with a disabled member to acquire housing at affordable prices.

Records of persons with disabilities in need of housing or improvement of their housing conditions shall be kept by the local executive authorities.

When local executive authorities compose lists of citizens in need of housing or improved housing conditions, persons with disabilities and families with a disabled member shall be included in a separate list.

Persons with disabilities shall be entitled to housing and preferential mortgage loans under governmental and special housing construction programs on preferential terms.

The costs related to the acquisition of land plots by persons with disabilities and families including a person with a disability through electronic online auctions shall be compensated in the manner prescribed by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In housing allotment, persons with disabilities shall – wherever possible – be provided with housing close to their place of work, medical and rehabilitation facilities, while observing the principle of accessibility of facilities and services.

Persons with disabilities may be provided – at their request – with living quarters on the lower floors of apartment buildings of the state housing fund. Persons with disabilities who have apartments on the upper floors shall be entitled to exchange them for living quarters located on the lower floors, subject to the availability of vacant living quarters.

The living quarters provided to persons with disabilities or to families with a disabled member shall comply with the principle of accessibility of facilities and services.

Living quarters occupied by persons with disabilities shall be equipped with special aids and appliances for free movement and use by persons with disabilities. Equipment of these living quarters shall be performed by local executive authorities.

Persons with disabilities shall be entitled to receive social housing on preferential terms and conditions.