Prague has decided to keep the U Bulhara center for homeless people Company News Pražská Drbna
Prague councilors approved the extension of the lease of land on the corner of U Bulhara street, the organization Naděje, which provides health and social services for homeless people in this place. The premises of the center will be renovated and given a more dignified appearance. The metropolis is also now working to decentralize outpatient services for the homeless.
The lease of the land is extended by two years
The Hope Center provides outpatient specialists, such as a dentist or gynecologist, and a low-threshold day center for the homeless in the city center.
In 2020, the center applied for an extension of the land lease period by ten years. Other entities, such as the Institute of Planning and Development of the Capital m of Prague, the Technical Administration of Roads or the Office of the Prague 2 City District, on whose territory the land with the center is located, provides a lease for a shorter period. The compromise proposal finally extended the contract by two years, so far the lease has always been concluded for one year.
Despite criticism from the city district of Prague 1, the Prague City Hall plans to extend the lease of the day center for homeless people of the Naděje organization, which is located next to the U Bulhara crossroads, said Prague councilor for social affairs Milena Johnová (Prague …
According to the Hope Center, the abolition of the center would mean a collapse
The Naděje center itself also turned to Pražská Drbna in March, according to a representative of the deputies, the collapse of the U Bulhara center caused a collapse. According to the director of the Prague branch of the Naděje center Daniela Svobody the local doctor’s offices are extremely important.
“Last year, we treated more than one and a half thousand people here. Among other things, we can protect the city from the risk of spreading infectious and parasitic diseases, which we treat several hundred a year“Svoboda said.”
The Hope Center then called for a systematic solution to the issue of homelessness. “Homeless people are not at Central Station because of Hope. On the contrary, there is hope that homeless people in all cities in the world will naturally concentrate near the station and the center. These places give them the best chance of survival. There will always be a need for a helpdesk at Central Station. It makes sense to help homeless people where homeless people are, “Svoboda added in his statement.
Prague 1 has issued a statement in which I do not agree with the intention of the Prague City Hall to extend the lease of the U Bulhara land. The NGO NADĚJE has been running a day center for homeless people here since 2007. However, according to the center, this approach …
“Without the services of the center, there would be further not only the situation of homeless people, but also the situation in the whole area.”
In addition to the recently established daily services provided by At Home, the Salvation Army and R-Mosty, the capital is also preparing to further expand outpatient services for the homeless.
“I thank all my friends and partners for extending the rental period, because the social and especially health services that Naděje U Bulhara provides are strategically important for the capital. Without services, both the situation of people without people moving in the city center and the situation in the whole area of these for locals and visitors to Prague would appear., “Said Councilor for Social Policy and Health Milena Johnová (Prague to Himself).
Prague has also begun to address the long-term unhappy state of the locality. In cooperation with the above-mentioned Institute of Planning and Development of the Capital City of Prague. m Prague and representatives of the organization Naděje will be looking for a way to improve the wider area of the crossroads and the surrounding lands in a short time.
“In addition to the U Bulhara center, a network of other daily services should have existed in the metropolis for a long time, which made the large facilities in the center of Prague lighter. But my predecessors at City Hall did nothing to develop the entire network. Many thanks therefore go to the participating city districts and organizations for the fact that in the last year, together with the social department of the municipality, they have put into operation three new facilities, thus relieving the U Bulhara day center.“John added.”
A residential facility that ensures a dignified old age for homeless people
In the summer, Prague also plans to open the first residential social facility in need of nursing care due to health status and older age. This type of service will ensure a dignified old age for homeless people.
“I understand that this is a topic that will be a passion in the given place, however, Prague is extending the lease by two years, not the originally requested ten years. The fact that the Naděje help center would no longer operate here would certainly not result in an improvement of the problems in the locality, but on the contrary its worsening, precisely because the concentration of people would remain there, but without the assisting services,“Added the councilor for property Jan Chabr (TOP 09).