Kyiv City Council deputies are planning to propose that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine pass Hostynny Dvir (Hospitality Court, a historic building) from state to municipal ownership, Head of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov has said.

"I know that the deputies are preparing a motion for the city council with a request to ask the government to pass the facility to municipal ownership," he told reporters in Kyiv on Monday.

Popov also said that the deputies were preparing the document for the next session of the city council.

"I'm sure that this draft decision will definitely be supported, because the facility is on the territory of Kyiv," he said.

Popov said that it was necessary to invest in Hostynny Dvir for its future use, as the facility is under the threat of collapse.

According to Kyiv City State Administration, on October 30, 2012, the main department on cultural heritage protection of Kyiv City State Administration sent to the Culture Ministry accounting records to resolve the issue of the inclusion of the complex of buildings located on Kontraktova Square in the state register as an urban development monument of local significance.

Hostynny Dvir was included in this complex. Under an order of December 21, 2012, the culture Ministry recognized the Kontraktova Square complex to be a monument and put it on the state register. Hostynny Dvir also acquired the legal status of an urban development monument.

A fire that broke out in the attic of the building of Hostynny Dvir in the early hours of February 9 covered an area of 200 square meters and damaged the structural elements of the roof.