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Prague urban planning and municipal governance

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Prague continues to navigate significant shifts in urban management and planning. The city’s Metropolitan Plan remains a central driver of development, with new residential projects slated for the Šutka sports area in the Troja and Kobylisy districts. To address the needs of an aging population, the City of Prague has signed a 950 million CZK contract with construction firm Konsit to reconstruct three historic buildings in Šolínová Street, Prague 6, creating the Eliška Purkyňová Senior Home by 2028. As the 2026 municipal elections approach, political debates regarding infrastructure and housing have intensified. Critics of Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda’s administration argue that essential projects, including metro expansions, housing developments, and bridge repairs, have stalled. Zdeněk Hřib, leader of the Pirate Party, has challenged the ODS approach to the housing crisis, stating that relying on the market has resulted in low housing affordability. ~~Hřib maintains that his tenure saw record numbers of approved housing units~~ These tensions have expanded into a national debate over fiscal policy and ~~argues~~ the housing crisis. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová has proposed that ~~current political strategies are failing~~ a portion of Prague’s significant tax surpluses—potentially amounting to ~~address systemic issues such as housing, pensions, and climate change. This discourse follows previous pledges from candidates like Tomáš Portlík, who advocated for reducing regulations~~ tens of billions of crowns—be redistributed to ~~accelerate construction,~~ the state, regions, and ~~Petr Hlaváček, who supported~~ other municipalities. She suggested that Prague holds ‘inadequate money’ that it cannot fully utilize to fund broader investments. Nationally, the ~~expansion~~ housing market remains a critical issue, with nearly half of the ~~Metropolitan Plan to facilitate 350,000 new apartments and the development~~ population spending more than 30% of ~~Metro D.~~ their income on housing. While Prague remains the most expensive city for rentals, the Czech Republic’s housing is noted as being among the least affordable in the European Union.

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