«As soon as they hear about Russia — that's it... What's the problem?» In Minsk, they don't want to rent an apartment to a person with a Russian passport
«I've already received 20 unequivocal rejections», — shared a Russian woman's distress in Threads.
Nemiga. Photo: AP Photo Pavel Bednyakov
«Belarus. Minsk. I'm already in despair. We are a couple, a young man with a Russian passport, looking for an apartment to rent. Budget — 300-350 dollars per month. With a lease agreement (no one needs to be registered in the housing, only an agreement is needed — I called the Department for Citizenship and Migration and clarified). I've already received 20 unequivocal rejections from people who rent apartments: as soon as they hear about Russia — that's it...
But I don't understand what the problem is... I just want to live peacefully, pay you money for rent, and work.
I believe in the power of Threads», — the girl wrote.
In the comments, she explained that she herself has been living in Gomel for 10 years and has become attached to Belarus. Her young man recently got a work contract in Minsk, and the couple plans to live there. But the search for real estate has turned into a real quest.
Belarusians were skeptical about the post. Some wrote that with current prices, it would be difficult for anyone to find an apartment in the Belarusian capital for 300-350 dollars. They advised the Russian woman to increase her budget by at least 100 dollars, or even more.
One of the women who rents an apartment noted in the comments that personally, the lack of a stamp in their passport would upset her in their story. Because she had already encountered a situation where a couple quarreled a few months after signing the lease agreement, and the guy left, and one girl's income was not enough to pay for the apartment. As a result, for the landlady, it ended in several months of frayed nerves. She says she now fundamentally rents only to people who are officially married.
Many wrote that it is entirely understandable why Belarusians do not want to rent out their own property to foreigners. Because there have already been cases when unscrupulous tenants simply left, being too lazy to officially terminate the contract. In such situations, the apartment owner sometimes has to go to court. Because as long as the contract is not terminated, the person must pay tax for renting out an apartment that is effectively standing idle — it is almost impossible to officially re-rent it to a new person.
Plus, one must remember that Belarusians are obliged to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs about foreigners to whom they rent apartments. Landlords who do not do this face a fine.
Therefore, they advised the Russian woman to initially offer landlords prepayment for 3-5 months to calm them down.
But of course, there were also those in the comments who sincerely admitted that they would not rent specifically to Russian citizens, because they don't really want to see them in Belarus in principle.
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