How to get rental housing in Minsk: step-by-step instructions
Who can apply for a rental apartment, which categories of citizens have the advantage, how to calculate the fee for a rental apartment.
Who can apply for a rental apartment, which categories of citizens have the advantage, how is the payment for housing calculated? About this and other nuances of the lease to the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti” told the Deputy head of the Department of legal regulation and implementation of housing policy of the Department of housing policy of the Minsk City Executive Committee Tatiana Bukhta.
How to get rental housing
To do this, you must apply with a statement and a passport to the service "One window" of the administration of the area where free apartments are offered. Information on the availability of rental housing in Minsk (location, characteristics, level of improvement, the amount of payment for use, information about the need for repair) and the terms of application for its provision are posted on information stands, official websites of the Minsk City Executive Committee and district administrations.
The administrative procedure for the provision of rental housing takes 1 month, and for apartments in newly built residential buildings - 10 working days.
- Applications of citizens for the provision of a specific residential premises are accepted by the One Window service within the period specified on the website (at least 15 calendar days, and for newly built rental housing - no more than 5). Then the district administration considers the applications received and provides rental apartments to citizens registered in need of improvement of housing conditions, in order of priority based on the date of their acceptance on such registration. However, the one who receives a rental living space is removed from the queue of those in need, since obtaining a rental apartment is one of the options for improving living conditions, said T. Bukhta.
Rental apartment can be provided to citizens who are not registered in need, for example, non-residents or those who have no grounds for taking into account those in need. Their applications are considered in the absence of statements of waiting lists. Here the advantage is the one who applied earlier.
On average, about 100 applications are submitted per month for a rental apartment in the old housing stock of Minsk, and in newly built houses - 200-300.
Term of lease
The maximum period is 5 years, but it can be extended indefinitely. To do this, the employer must comply with all the conditions prescribed in the employment contract.
On the provision of rental housing, a citizen is notified by the district administration either in writing or under painting. Then, within 15 calendar days from the date of receipt of the notification (and when providing rental housing in a newly built residential building no later than 5 working days from the date of adoption of such a decision), he must apply to the Minsk City Hostels (the city rental housing fund is on the balance sheet of this organization) to conclude a hiring agreement.
- If a citizen or his representative did not apply within the specified period, this is considered as a refusal of rental housing. The term can be extended to 30 calendar days if the applicant notifies the Minsk City Dormitories about the existence of valid reasons preventing him from applying for the conclusion of a hiring contract, said T. Bukhta.
The priority right to receive rental housing has:
- 1.judges and prosecutors, as well as certain categories of civil servants from the list agreed with the President of Belarus;
- 2.young specialists arrived on distribution;
- 3.military, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other law enforcement agencies;
- 4.scientists, creative workers and teaching staff of universities;
- 5.citizens of the most demanded position of the employee (worker's profession);
- 6.certain categories of employees belonging to the number of irreplaceable specialists;
- 7.other citizens from the lists of the Council of Ministers.
At the same time, all of them should not own residential premises and / or in possession and use (shares in the right of common ownership of residential premises) in Minsk and Minsk district.
- It is worth noting that priority rental housing is provided for the period of labor relations. Termination of the contract with the organization that applied for an apartment becomes a reason for eviction, Tatiana Sergeevna stressed.
How else to get rental housing
Since 2023, it became possible to lease apartments without repair. Citizens in this case do it at their own expense. After that, the district administration decides to exempt the citizen from rent for the total amount according to the estimate approved by the enterprise "Minsk city dormitories". For some time, the employer will be able to live in the apartment, paying only utility bills.
For our own employees
State organizations and economic companies with a share of the state have the right to receive a subsidy to pay part of the interest on loans used for the construction or purchase of residential premises for their employees.
State organizations are subordinate to the President, the Council of Ministers, the Presidential Administration, the National Bank, the National Academy of Sciences, republican public administration bodies, local executive committees. They also include other organizations whose property is in state ownership and assigned to them on the right of economic management or operational management.
Economic societies are companies in respect of which Belarus or its administrative-territorial unit owns more than 25% of shares (shares in statutory funds) managed by state bodies and (or) legal entities of the state form of ownership. Also, these are other companies, the list of which is determined by the administrations of the districts of the capital in coordination with the Minsk City Executive Committee, taking into account the interests of the state, local conditions and economic efficiency (except for banks and non-bank credit and financial organizations).
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Subsidies are available to organizations engaged in the construction of residential premises on the basis of contracts with developers. The amount of subsidies is 50% of the refinancing rate of the National Bank at the time of interest accrual, explained T. Bukhta. Subsidies are provided on the basis of decisions of the administrations of the districts of Minsk starting from the next month after the bank provides a loan (part of it). This is done monthly during the entire loan repayment period established by the contract. At the same time, subsidies are not provided for the payment of interest accrued on the amount of overdue and (or) deferred (deferred) debt on the principal debt on loans. In turn, loans are issued on conditions determined by banks for the construction or purchase of residential premises of typical consumer qualities for a period of up to 10 years. The exception is preferential loans granted to legal entities in accordance with legislative acts.
The procedure and conditions for the provision of residential premises built or acquired using subsidies, legal entities determine independently.
- They also give preference to their employees who have a priority right to housing in accordance with local legal acts (including collective agreements). At least 20% of the total number of residential premises built or purchased using subsidies should be allocated to young professionals and citizens under the age of 31. At the same time, a mandatory condition is the absence of young people (as well as members of their families who are provided with real estate together with them) of housing in ownership (share in the right of common ownership of residential premises) and (or) in possession and use in the settlement at the place of work (service). However, there is an exception: the barrier will not be accommodation in a hostel or the availability of housing occupied under a contract for the rental of residential premises of a private housing stock, said T. Buchta.
It should be borne in mind that the premises are provided to employees of state organizations on the terms of the rental housing contract of the state housing fund, and to representatives of economic societies - on the terms of the rental agreement for a private housing fund.
How much to pay
The amount of rent is determined as follows: the total area of housing is multiplied by 0.2 (the size of the base rate of payment for its use), by the base value (45 BYN) and the coefficient of the economic planning zone of Minsk (five of them, depending on the degree of improvement and location). The highest rent in Minsk in the first and second economic planning zones (city center). The further the housing is located from the center, the less you need to pay.
For priority categories of citizens, the amount of rent is reduced based on the legally established reducing coefficient of 0.2. The size of the fee is determined as follows: the area of the apartment is multiplied by 0.2, by a base value and by a coefficient of 0.2.
For reference
The Fund of communal rental housing began to form in Minsk in 2012. There are 11,500 rental housing units in the capital.
From January to September 2026, 284 rental apartments were provided: 136 - for those registered in need, 148 - for those who have the primary right to receive housing.
60 rental apartments were commissioned in 2026 in residential building No. 12a on the street. Academician Kuprevic.
Photo by Denis Kulagi
