Creating comfortable living conditions and maintaining proper technical conditions of the housing stock through the reconstruction of obsolete buildings is one of the key tasks of urban planning. Ukraine's lag behind other European countries in this regard can be explained by the imperfections in the legislations, the difficult economic situation, and the peculiarities of the legal status of housing ownership. To solve this problem a sociological survey in the form of a questionnaire was conducted. Data were analysed using nonparametric Chi-square tests and thematic analysis. The attitude to possible methods of reconstruction of obsolete housing stock depending on age, income level and form housing ownership was analysed. Regardless of the status, the respondents did not support the reconstruction without or without resettlement of residents to a temporary maneuver fund, inclining the relocation to new pre-built housing in the same area. The tendency to keep the area of residence, and not the apartment itself, was supported by the vast majority of respondents, regardless of status. The results of the study can be useful in preparing proposals for legal, financial, and organizational mechanisms for the implementation of programs and projects for the comprehensive reconstruction of obsolete housing.