The availability of housing can influence the decision to leave the parental home and start your own family. A notable relationship between housing conditions and fertility rates has been confirmed in a number of studies in recent decades. The influence of the provision of housing on the intensity of the birth rate and the likelihood of postponing the birth is traced. The relationship between indicators of housing provision (dwelling area, number of rooms, amount of rent) and the number of children in Ukrainian households are investigated. A review of studies on the influence of the housing factor on fertility is made, and the possibility of influencing the fertility of family policy instruments related to housing is investigated. The following methods of scientific research were used: comparison, analysis, generalization and induction. The relationship between the indicators of housing provision and the number of children in households is investigated using correlation analysis and logistic regression. The study of the family policy of developed countries, its effectiveness and the possibility of its application in Ukraine is carried out using a historical analogy and a systematic approach, an abstract-logical method. Households with children in Ukraine are characterized by particularly low indicators of housing provision. A significant, but rather weak, relationship between the indicators of housing provision and children was found at the national level and in large cities of Ukraine. The availability of housing of an appropriate quality has an impact on parents, while affordability leaves much to be desired in different countries. In Ukraine, the influence of housing conditions on childbirth is more noticeable in large cities than in other settlements. The rather low provision of housing for families with children, overcrowding is especially felt in large cities of the country. Based on this, the importance of family policy focused on solving the housing problems of parents with children may be noted.