Prague stops paying for the accommodation of Ukrainians, the money will go to the energy crisis
photo: Markéta Šálková, PrahaIN.cz/Prague Summer
From September, the capital will stop paying extra for hotels and accommodation for the provision of accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, a financial contribution of 140 kroner per person per day. With this amount, the Prague municipality has so far contributed more than the value of state support for accommodation facilities in the amount of 250 crowns per person per day.
As stated by the server List of Messages in his article, according to mayor Zdeňko Hřib (Pirates), the reason for ending support for the municipality is the need to use financial resources to mitigate the impact of the sharp rise in energy prices. Prague can no longer replace state aid in the context of the refugee crisis.
Government in March of this year, it approved a subsidy for accommodation facilities for one person per night at 250 crowns without meals. At the time, the ministers stated that they were counting on the beginning of an even higher region.
Flat-rate reimbursement of costs cannot be reimbursed without a signed contract between the municipality and accommodation providers, who must be included in the register. According to the information municipality to change the payment of compensatory contributions after July 1, 2022, when the amendment to Act No. 65/2022 (Lex Ukraina) entered into force, these flat-rate provisions, on the basis of which it would be possible to establish a claim for retroactive reimbursement of costs.
If the accommodation provider decides to accommodate Ukrainian refugees without a signed contract with the Prague mayor, he does so at his own expense and without the right to payment of a flat-rate compensation.
Prague draws up these contracts with accommodation providers by the end of August, with the understanding that it will be necessary to extend them afterwards. Some of the operators had not yet concluded the necessary contracts in mid-August.
The Ministry of Finance expects to reimburse the regions and the capital city of Prague for housing expenses of Ukrainian refugees by the end of March 2023.
The number of refugees from Ukraine granted temporary protection in the Czech Republic reached almost 420,000 since the beginning of the armed conflict, of which less than 100,000 were in Prague.
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