{"id":204223,"date":"2026-09-17T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/204223\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T13:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:07:40","slug":"housing-construction-down-nearly-12-percent-in-january-august","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/204223\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing construction down nearly 12 percent in January-August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 2 million square meters in the first eight months of 2026, or 11.7 percent less than in the same period in 2025, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 275,000 square meters were built using state subsidies for people in need of housing, marking a significant decrease year on year against 430,000 square meters built in January-August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Economy Minister Jury \u010cabatar identified the construction of housing for rent to civil servants and public sector workers at reduced rates among five priorities for 2026\u20132030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vvp_unsplash_com-2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vvp_unsplash_com-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vvp_unsplash_com-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vvp_unsplash_com-2.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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 economic growth slows to 1.9 percent in January-August<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 17, Pozirk.\u00a0 Belarus\u2019 gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.9 percent in the first eight months of 2026 after a 2.1-percent increase posted in January-July, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reported. GDP shrank by 1.2 percent in January, remained down &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/204201\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 2 million square meters in the first eight months of 2026, or 11.7 percent less than in the same period in 2025, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. Nearly 275,000 square meters were built using state subsidies for people in need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":77398,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-204223","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 down nearly 12 percent in January-August | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 17, Pozirk. 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