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Czech Government aid against price rises, "Umbrella against Inflation" (Deštník proti drahotě), May 2022. (PHOTO: Destnikprotidraho.cz)
Czech Govt website provides overview of aid available to counter inflation, uptake has been slow
23.5.2022 6:14 full story
Coalition of Romani representatives in Czech region of Liberec appeal to Romani community to follow COVID-19 pandemic regulations
1.11.2020 14:13 full story
Czech Agency for Social Inclusion director gives interview about state support during the COVID-19 pandemic
1.4.2020 8:41 full story
Czech Govt report on the state of the Romani minority estimates 830 ghettos with 127 000 inhabitants in the regions
15.10.2019 6:50 full storyvideoCzech Health and Labor ministers visit infamous housing estate with MPs
21.2.2019 15:49 full story
Czech social housing law adoption nowhere in sight, MPs haven't moved to second reading
27.4.2017 8:17 On 25 April the Czech Chamber of Deputies once again failed to close its opening debate of the draft law on social housing prepared by the Czech Labor and Social Affairs Ministry. The chances of the law being adopted before the autumn elections continue to sink. full storyPoll shows 71 % of Czechs support adoption of a social housing law
9.1.2017 9:35 The Platform for Social Housing reports that most Czechs believe a law should exist establishing an obligation for municipalities to maintain a certain number of social apartments to offer to citizens in need of housing. Those are the findings of a representative public opinion poll implemented by the MEDIAN agency for the Association of the Child and Family and the Platform for Social Housing. full story
Czech Labor and Social Affairs Ministry plans financing of social housing as discussion of new law proceeds
8.11.2015 1:22 The Czech Labor Ministry is counting on a big portion of the money now used for housing benefits being transferred in the future into the financing of the country's social housing system. The money should be transferred to municipalities. full story
Czech Labor and Social Affairs Ministry publishes updated online maps of socially excluded localities
17.9.2015 19:54 The Czech Labor and Social Affairs Ministry has published the updated version of its online maps of socially excluded localities. The map is one of the main outputs of a research project commissioned by the ministry and performed by the GAC company. full story
Czech Platform for Social Housing approves of Government's Concept
7.4.2015 18:38 Prior to the last Czech election, the parties now governing as a coalition promised to launch a new social housing system to aid the genuinely needy - people without housing and those for whom dignified accommodation is too expensive. The parties unanimously promised to draft a social housing law, to enhance the role of municipalities in providing housing, and to invest the necessary financing into the system. full story
Struggle over Czech social housing law begins
20.3.2015 20:13, (ROMEA) Will the law on social housing currently being drafted strike a harsh blow against ghettos, residential hotels, and "trafficking in poverty"? Will even "inadaptables" have access to social housing? full story