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06/12/2025

Housing Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Original names of the law: O‘zbekiston Respublikasining Uy-joy kodeksi

Year: 1999

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Housing, land & property, Liberty & security of person, Social protection, Family life, Documentation

Description

The Housing Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes the legal framework for regulating housing relations, defining the rights and obligations of citizens, legal entities, and state authorities in the acquisition, use, and protection of residential premises. It sets out provisions for housing ownership, lease agreements, maintenance of housing stock, state housing policy, and the responsibilities of local authorities in ensuring adequate housing conditions. The Code also includes regulations on social housing support, eviction procedures, and the protection of citizens' housing rights, ensuring fair and lawful management of residential properties in Uzbekistan.

Selected provisions
Article 8 - Types of Housing Fund

The housing fund consists of private and state housing funds.
The private housing fund includes:
Housing owned by citizens (individual residential houses, privatized, constructed, or purchased apartments and houses, apartments in housing construction and housing cooperatives with fully paid shares, apartments and houses acquired by citizens under other legal grounds);
Housing owned by business partnerships and companies, cooperatives, public associations, public funds, and other non-state legal entities, built or acquired at auctions or under other legal grounds provided by legislation.
The state housing fund includes:

The municipal housing fund, managed by local government authorities, created using taxes and other mandatory payments to the local budget, as well as other sources permitted by law;
The departmental housing fund, under the operational management of state institutions and organizations;
The targeted communal housing fund, managed by local government authorities, created using local budget funds or transferred from private, municipal, or departmental housing funds. This housing is provided for socially vulnerable and low-income citizens on a rental basis without the right to privatization.

Article 11. Property Rights to Residential Premises

A residential premise may be privately or state-owned and may be transferred from one form of ownership to another in accordance with the law.
The subjects of property rights to residential premises include citizens, legal entities, and the state.
Ownership of housing is perpetual and grants the owner the right to possess, use, and dispose of their residential premises at their discretion and in their interests, provided that they do not violate the rights and legally protected interests of other citizens, legal entities, or the state. Changes to the external appearance, reconstruction, or demolition of residential premises must comply with urban planning legislation.
Private ownership of houses, apartments, or parts thereof is not limited in terms of quantity, size, or value.
No one may be deprived of their home except by court decision and in accordance with the law. In cases prescribed by law, an owner deprived of their home must receive prior and equivalent compensation for the value of the property and any incurred losses.
The forced seizure of a residential premise is permitted only by court decision in cases and procedures established by law.

Article 40. Categories of Citizens Entitled to Receive Residential

Premises in the Targeted Purpose Municipal Housing Fund
Citizens who are socially vulnerable, low-income, in need of improved housing conditions, and registered for receiving residential premises are entitled to receive housing in the targeted purpose municipal housing fund. The categories of citizens entitled to receive residential premises in the targeted purpose municipal housing fund are determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The citizens referred to in the first part of this article are entitled to be provided with residential premises in targeted purpose municipal housing fund buildings only once.

Article 70. Eviction from Residential Premises

Eviction from an occupied residential premises in municipal, departmental housing funds, and designated communal housing funds is permitted based on the grounds established by this Code.
Eviction is carried out through judicial proceedings.
Persons who have unlawfully occupied residential premises or are residing in buildings declared unsafe are evicted through administrative procedures with the approval of the prosecutor.
A prosecutor’s decision on administrative eviction may be appealed in court.