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Poland’s Housing Boom Skips Forgotten Regions

When we look at 2024 numbers from Poland’s Central Statistical Office, the real estate building industry had a solid year with around 200,000 homes and urban apartments completed in the country. These properties were equivalent to a total of 17.84 million square meters ― levels seen in the housing boom in the late 1970s.
 

By Oskar Malec | Last Updated: 26 Jun 2025
Experts say this impressive number includes both flats and single-family homes, which have an average size that’s vastly different. In 2024, the floor space in an average apartment was about 51 square meters, and in single-family houses about 130.

Disparities in Growth Obscure Regional Housing Shortages
While the overall growth has been mostly positive, experts say it is not being felt evenly around the country. Some cities — notably, those in major urban areas — are still experiencing record construction numbers, whereas others are seeing no or hardly any new housing activity.

A more granular examination, which looked at total floor space rather than just the number of units, made the sharp divide clear. Some towns have not seen much building going on since the time of Prime Minister Edward Gierek’s drive to construct homes in the 1970s.

Forgotten Municipalities Face Development Stagnation
(Experts caution that the current boom masks a stark imbalance. Both municipalities and smaller towns are being left behind, with most new investments going towards big cities and metropolitan regions. This inequality could deepen economic and demographic rifts between Poland’s regions.

The results of such a decline suggest that, without secure policies to intervene, entire regions of the country could be trapped in stagnation, unable to draw on the country’s broader housing and economic recovery.

 

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