{"id":156681,"date":"2025-09-23T12:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156681\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"housing-construction-drops-below-2021-levels-in-january-august","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156681\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing construction drops below 2021 levels in January-August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stroitelnyj_kran_artem_labunsky_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stroitelnyj_kran_artem_labunsky_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stroitelnyj_kran_artem_labunsky_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stroitelnyj_kran_artem_labunsky_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stroitelnyj_kran_artem_labunsky_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stroitelnyj_kran_artem_labunsky_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Artem Labunsky \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Developers in Belarus built 2.3 million square meters of housing in the first eight months of 2025, down 8.1 percent from the same period of 2021, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apartment construction followed a similar trend, with developers completing 24,143 units, a 17.2-percent decline over four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government plans to build 4.5 million square meters of housing in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/investigatebel-org-22-09-315x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/investigatebel-org-22-09-315x236.jpg 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/investigatebel-org-22-09-653x490.jpg 653w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/investigatebel-org-22-09-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/investigatebel-org-22-09.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian journalists expose ties between UAE tycoon and \u0141uka\u0161enka regime<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 22, Pozirk. The Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) has revealed new evidence linking a prominent UAE businessman to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime. According to the investigation, Mohammed Ahmad Salem Alzaraim Alsuwaidi, a major player in the Lithuanian real estate market, has &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/156610\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 23, Pozirk. Developers in Belarus built 2.3 million square meters of housing in the first eight months of 2025, down 8.1 percent from the same period of 2021, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. 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