The New Social Housing Concept in Czech Republic 2015-2025

In October 2015, the Czech Parliament approved the “Social Housing Concept of Czech Republic 2015 – 2025”. This Concept is a document identifying the most significant issues in social housing in Czech Republic and defining the measures that have to be implemented in the next 10 years to achieve the goals set in the field of social housing. According to Census 2011: - 2 667 867 households - 1/5 of households are seniors - Persons over 70 years old are living either in flats or social care institutions (48 000 available places – 2,8 % of total amount of seniors over 65 years old) - 85 % of all seniors would like to stay in their current dwelling until the rest of their lives - 9 % of all seniors is considering moving away