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Legislative acts concerning issues of public housing provision and regulatory compliance of housing provision in Ukraine have been analyzed. The comparative description of two types of habitation (social and available) based on the right of ownership, sources of funding, rights to get a flat and the minimum norm of its granting has been presented. The categories of the 'social dwelling' and 'available dwelling' have been specified, their correspondence witrh the valid regulations established and the main differences in their forming and financing determined.