In CAMP, there will be an exhibition about housing in the metropolis until the end of April

Prague - The Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR) has prepared an exhibition that highlights the phenomenon of housing in the metropolis. Today, at the Center for Architecture and Urban Planning (CAMP), the outgoing mayor of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates), and the head of IPR, Ondřej Boháč, presented it to journalists. The exhibition's opening takes place today at 7 PM and will be accompanied by a program of discussions and film screenings, lasting until the end of April.

According to Boháč, the main goal of the exhibition is to provide people with information and data about housing in the capital, which has become a hot topic in recent years, particularly due to the rapid increase in property and rental prices.

The exhibition includes panels with data as well as an audiovisual presentation that highlights various forms of housing in the metropolis, from luxurious penthouse conversions in the center to homeless shelters. A prominent feature of the exhibition is also a large couch where visitors can sit. "Its size is not accidental; it's the size of the smallest apartment available in Prague - eight square meters," Boháč explained.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a program of guided tours, film screenings, and discussion evenings. One of them is titled "Apartment for 10 Million?" and follows a similar debate that took place three years ago. Back then, it was called "Apartment for 7 Million?"

This illustrates the steep rise in housing prices in Prague, where, according to data presented at the exhibition, a typical apartment costs 13 average annual incomes, while in Belgium, for example, it is five. One of the topics is also municipal construction, which the outgoing city council coalition considered essential from the perspective of the population growth in the metropolis. "According to some predictions, it could be up to 400,000 new residents by 2070, and it greatly depends on how these people will live in our city," Hřib said today.

According to an analysis by KPMG from 2018, since 1991, 194,000 apartments have transitioned to Prague's ownership, and the city hall and city districts currently manage about 30,000 of them. According to a strategy approved two years ago, the city aims to increase its number of apartments by 500 per year by 2030; however, in recent years, their number has actually been decreasing, and new constructions are practically nonexistent. In total, including private construction, the strategy aims for 9,000 new apartments to be created each year to meet the city's needs. In the year 2021, according to data from the Czech Statistical Office, 5,228 apartments were completed in the metropolis.