The new year will see Poles having to pay more for everything from rent to heating, writes Do Rceczy.
First, rising energy costs will mean owners of apartments in buildings managed by housing cooperatives and communities will face fee increases, while the higher minimum wage means higher salaries for employees of entities managing and administering real estate, which will most likely mean higher rent.
The minimum wage stands at PLN 4,300 (€994) gross, but from 2025 it will increase to PLN 4,666 (€1,079) gross.
“Rent increases have been more frequent and more severe for at least two years. As for this year, my analyses show that the wave of increases started in September. And there is no indication that anything will stop it. Housing cooperatives consistently pass on higher costs (utilities, etc.) to tenants,” said Tomasz Błeszyński, an independent real estate expert told money.pl.
“I think that the first months of 2025 will be a time of price increases on all possible levels. I expect that the entire sector of companies that provide services to housing communities will want to protect themselves against the increase in their own costs and will thus increase the prices of services. In the final analysis, this will be passed on to residents,” he added.
Błeszyński noted that one of the biggest burdens on housing cooperatives and communities is electricity and heating. The problem here is, among other things, the very slow process of thermal modernization. Communities and cooperatives bear the cost of the so-called delivered heat. How much of it escapes due to poor building insulation remains solely a problem for residents.
For this reason, the expert says change is needed.
“Poles need to change their attitude. We need to start saving energy on a daily basis. We need to understand that it is expensive,” he added.
