{"id":208722,"date":"2026-10-23T17:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208722\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:12:12","slug":"new-apartment-construction-down-23-percent-since-2021-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208722\/","title":{"rendered":"New apartment construction down 23 percent since 2021 in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The number of new apartments built in Belarus between January and September 2026 fell to 27,900 from 36,311 in the same period five years ago, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apartment construction has dropped by 23.2 percent nationwide since 2021. All regions recorded declines except the Mahilo\u016d region, where construction rose by 45 percent. In Minsk, apartments built more than halved over five years, from 11,798 to 5,066.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 2.7 million square meters in the first nine months of 2026, or 10.3 percent less than in the same period in 2025, <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka ordered the government to reverse the downward trend, stressing that housing loans should be available without red tape.<\/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\/05\/kliuch_dver_zhilje_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kliuch_dver_zhilje_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kliuch_dver_zhilje_pixabay_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kliuch_dver_zhilje_pixabay_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kliuch_dver_zhilje_pixabay_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kliuch_dver_zhilje_pixabay_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\">\u0141uka\u0161enka tells officials to tackle housing construction drop<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 22, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka ordered the government to reverse a downward trend in housing construction, stressing that housing loans should be available without bureaucratic delays. According to the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat), two million square meters of housing was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/204764\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 23, Pozirk. The number of new apartments built in Belarus between January and September 2026 fell to 27,900 from 36,311 in the same period five years ago, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. Apartment construction has dropped by 23.2 percent nationwide since 2021. 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