"It's Easier For A Belarusian To Buy A Home In Poland Than In His Home Country."
2- 11.11.2026, 17:12
A heartfelt cry from a resident of Vitebsk.
Housing prices in Belarus, which have been rising for several years in a row, are coming as a shock to the country’s residents. A resident of Vitebsk shared her thoughts on this on the social media platform Threads.
“It’s a cry from the heart,” she writes. “People, how do you get by? Tell me! We’re a family of four and don’t own a home. We’re renting an apartment.
How can we afford our own home? Mortgage payments have skyrocketed to 1,700 a month. How are we supposed to make ends meet with that on our Vitebsk salaries? It’s unrealistic, especially with two kids.
Tell me, how did you manage to get your own place? Maybe someone can offer some practical advice.”
The Vitebsk resident never received any advice, despite the large number of comments. Most of the Belarusians who replied to her wrote that they had inherited their apartments from their parents or had earned the money to buy them while living in other countries.
The website Charter97.org features some of the comments:
— For the average Belarusian, this problem has no solution. Tell the Russians “thank you.”
— No way. Either help from parents or earning money outside Belarus. And that’s with two kids, too.
— We have one child. No help, and no one gave us an apartment. We took out a mortgage. The payment is 1,500 every month. We have to make do.
— Look for work abroad. There’s hardly any other way.
— Work a little harder than you can handle; my husband drives long-haul trucks. Unfortunately, that’s the reality. But that’s what I would have advised a couple of years ago. Now prices have skyrocketed so much that there’s no advice to give.
— My only advice: think it through. For myself, I made the choice—Poland. A 10% down payment, and then—if, for example, an apartment costs 320,000 zlotys—the monthly payment is 1,500 plus 150 for insurance (over 20 years), provided you have a temporary residence permit. The payment is lower than rent. Obviously, this isn’t for everyone. It’s just a shame that it’s easier for a Belarusian to buy a home in Poland than in their home country.
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