{"id":179840,"date":"2026-03-18T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179840\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:50:18","slug":"housing-construction-plunges-34-3-percent-in-january-february","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179840\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing construction plunges 34.3 percent in January-February"},"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>March 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Nearly 344,0000 square meters of residential floor space were commissioned in the first two months of 2026 in Belarus, down 34.3 percent year on year, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistical Committee&#8217;s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state funded 61,700 square meters of housing in January-February, a 17.5-percent decline compared with the same period last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, housing construction in Belarus rose by 6 percent year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 GDP down 1.2 percent in January-February<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 gross domestic product dropped by 1.2 percent in the first two months of 2026, versus a 3.1-percent growth a year earlier, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reported. GDP growth has been losing momentum throughout 2025. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179695\">\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>March 18, Pozirk. Nearly 344,0000 square meters of residential floor space were commissioned in the first two months of 2026 in Belarus, down 34.3 percent year on year, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistical Committee&#8217;s (Bie\u0142stat) data. The state funded 61,700 square meters of housing in January-February, a 17.5-percent decline compared with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77398,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-179840","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Housing construction plunges 34.3 percent in January-February | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 18, Pozirk. 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