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Director of the Institute for Social Inclusion in the Czech Republic, Martin Šimáček (2021). (PHOTO: ROMEA TV)
Czech analyst warns that if welfare restrictions are adopted, societal tension will increase
14.2.2021 10:40 full story
Commentary: Czech right-wing populists close to destroying lifesaving social protections
11.2.2021 8:46 full story
Volunteer civil society members of Czech Govt Roma Council: Proposed welfare amendment violates guaranteed rights
8.2.2021 9:44 full story
Czech NGOs say lawmakers want to cut welfare despite impending social crisis
23.10.2020 14:38 full story
Analysis: Czech Civic Democratic Party cracks the whip on the poor with yet another anti-Roma campaign
13.12.2019 9:58 full story
Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion criticizes housing benefit-free zones
25.2.2019 9:12 full storyCzech expenditure on aid to those in material distress lowest for the last six years
26.7.2018 8:30 Expenditures on the set of welfare benefits known in the Czech Republic as "aid to those in material distress" have significantly fallen for the fourth year in a row and are at their lowest levels in six years. The number of persons receiving assistance from the state is also declining. full story
Czech Christian Democrats, SocDems want to stop the use of vouchers in material distress benefits
28.6.2018 6:31 The Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL) and Czech Social Democrats (ČSSD) want to absolutely abolish the compulsory disbursal of part of aid to those in material distress in vouchers instead of money and are asking for a return to the previous approach in which beneficiaries received their welfare in money and Labor Offices could decide to disburse just part of the benefits in vouchers in individual cases only. Amendments were submitted by both the ČSSD and the KDU-ČSL during the second reading yesterday of other bills on the issue to make sure that benefits paid exclusively in money will be received by some groups of the more impoverished beneficiaries. full story
71 Czech towns plan to ban housing benefits and make life harder for the poorest of the poor
21.4.2018 8:36 Zones with an alleged "increased incidence of undesirable phenomena" in which new applicants will not be able to receive housing benefits have been announced or are planned for 71 cities and municipalities throughout the Czech Republic. The Institute for Social Inclusion (IPSI) announced the news on 12 April. full story