Prague 4 extends leases of sheltered housing
photo: Vít Hassan for PrahaIN.cz/Prague 4 Municipal District Office
The council of the fourth city district decided to extend the leases for five apartments intended for sheltered or training housing. Clients of the two organizations will be able to live there until November and December next year.
Deputy Mayor for Property and Culture Michal Hroza (TOP 09) na website stated that the extension of leases was a matter of course for the town hall. In addition, the organization supports long-term housing used by its clients.
Handicapped clients of the registered association Baobab use three apartments. One with a size of 3+1 and two smaller ones with a layout of 2+1. Their term was extended until November 2023.
The other two apartments are used by the non-profit company Modrý klích, which has an extended lease for one 2+1 apartment and one 3+1 apartment until December next year.
“All apartments are intended primarily for Baobab or Modrý klyc clients and are used to house people who need social assistance or social rehabilitation,” said Josef Svoboda (KDU-ČSL), deputy mayor for social policy, health care support, and cooperation with religious organizations. organizations.
A total of six Blue Key clients live in sheltered housing at four
Blue key is a non-profit non-governmental organization that has been providing social services to children and adults with mental and combined disabilities since 1991. I offer day care services, weekly care services and other respite services in various forms. They try to bring their clients as close as possible to the lives of their peers.
Sheltered housing is provided to a total of 27 people with disabilities. At the same time, six of them have their permanent residence in Prague 4. Both sheltered apartments are inhabited by people who need the constant help of academic assistants.
Training housing teaches independence
Association Baobab helps people with mental illness, especially those with psychotic experiences. Since 1997, it has been providing a registered social rehabilitation service, within which it offers, for example, training housing or group programs. Its goal is that people with mental illness manage to live independently and contentedly.
Training housing is used by people with illnesses who primarily need mental support to gain and develop and become independent. They can thus participate in normal daily activities and experience a full life.