OREANDA-NEWS. January 10, 2012. The government of Belarus has approved housing construction targets for 2012. The Council of Ministers adopted relevant Resolution No. 1788.

In line with the document, some 4.2 million square meters of housing is to be built in Belarus in 2012, of which 2.310 million square meters will be subsidized by the government and will be meant for people on the list for better housing. Some 1.035 million square meters of housing will be constructed in rural communities and small towns; 2.349 million square meters will be built in cities.

The government approved the targets for each oblast and the city of Minsk. Some 720,000 square meters of housing will be built in Minsk Oblast, 610,000 in Brest Oblast, 570,000 in Gomel Oblast, 520,000 in Grodno Oblast, 400,000 in Vitebsk Oblast, 380,000 in Mogilev Oblast. About 1 million square meters will be constructed in the city of Minsk.