{"id":192434,"date":"2026-06-18T16:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192434\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:30:33","slug":"housing-construction-down-nearly-20-percent-in-january-may","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192434\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing construction down nearly 20 percent in January-May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 1.1 million square meters in the first five months of 2026, or 19.5 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>More than 152,000 square meters were built using state subsidies for people in need of housing, marking a nearly 40-percent decrease year on year. The government plans to construct 238,300 square meters of housing within this program in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Economy Minister Jury \u010cabatar identified the construction of rental housing 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=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gdp-freepik-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gdp-freepik-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gdp-freepik-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gdp-freepik-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gdp-freepik-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gdp-freepik-1128.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&#039; growth accelerates to 0.9 percent in January-May<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose by 0.9 percent in the first five months after contracting during the first three months, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reported. The statistics agency reported an industrial output decline of 1.4 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/192174\">\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>June 18, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 1.1 million square meters in the first five months of 2026, or 19.5 percent less than in the same period in 2025, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. More than 152,000 square meters were built using state subsidies for people in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-192434","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 20 percent in January-May | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 18, Pozirk. 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