Prague 7 bought people from debt slavery – Cysnews
On Friday, January 28, the so-called Merciful Summer ended, during which people could get rid of devastating sanctions, interest and executions. It was enough to pay the original debt and a fee of CZK 908. The seventh part of the city actively seized the chances of people from the bondage of endless debts and helped the citizens with debt relief. People from Sedmička also came to the aid of their neighbors, who contributed over 280,000 crowns through a public collection.
“Since September, our lawyers, social workers and other colleagues from the office have identified the necessary clients, discussed debt relief options with them and drafted applications for executors. At Christmas, I then turned to our citizens and asked them if they would like to help people with us, the original debts were not high, but they still do not have enough funds to be able to pay once and join the Merciful Summer. Our neighbors were amazing as always. We received over 280,000 crowns from more than 200 contributors in a month, ” said Mayor of Prague 7 Jan Čižinský.
“We selected the necessary clients through the social department, our administrative and cleaning company 7U, the Salvation Army or People in Need. We tried to find people who are actively solving their situation, working, taking care of the family, but with them debts that they cannot get out of on their own. These were most often fines for public transport, health insurance, but also unpaid license fees for TV and radio. Many of these debts have grown by many times higher interest rates and penalties. An example is Mr. B., who works in Sedmička in cleaning. We helped him pay the original debts in the amount of less than 40 thousand crowns for health insurance, which deprived astronomical accessories of 366 thousand crowns, ” he said Prague 7 Councilor for Social and Health Policy Jakob Hurrle.
Using the public collection and the Humanitarian Fund, Prague 7 helped to owe 17 people.
“In this way, we managed to get rid of debts, for example, Mrs. G., the mother of two small children who died a partner last year. Mrs. G. caught up with the executions in two black rides, she had to pay twice over 11 thousand crowns. She had no other debts, yet it completely paralyzed her. We paid twice CZK 2,432 from our collection for it. For her, this means that the executor will no longer collect from the brigade. He can get a proper job for a better salary. He will step out of the gray zone of the economy, the family will be given a chance and security and our state will have taxes on legal work, ” he added Jan Čižinský.
The executions have already been stopped by another 8 citizens, whom the city district helped to go through the complicated debt relief process and who managed to pay their principal themselves. A specific case was two rent debtors for whom the Prague 7 City Council decided to forgive the remaining debt. They both acknowledged their debts and repaid them for a long time, but they were not subject to the terms of the Merciful Summer.
One of them is Mrs. K., who deducted a large part of her paycheck for over ten years from her old debt to the executor.
However, so far the amounts have only gone to interest and other accessories. Mrs. K. has already overpaid the original debt, but in order for the Merciful Summer to apply to her, she would now have to pay the entire principal in the amount of 185 thousand crowns. Prague 7 therefore forgave her this debt. Mrs. K. is on a disability pension, but she continues to clean full time. After more than ten years, the entire payment will already be credited to the account.
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