COMPATIBILITY OF LIVINGIN ASYLUM HOUSES WITH CONSEQUENT LIVING IN STARTING/TRAINING FLATS

ASYLUM HOUSES

ASYLUM HOUSESSocial prevention service under the Social Services Act no. 108/2006 Coll., it is a residential service (night shelters are an ambulatory service).

PRAGUE4 main providers of asylum housing for people without regular dwelling- NADĚJE- Salvation Army- Centre of Social Services- Caritas Czech Republic

NADĚJEIn Prague runs 4 asylum houses (total capacity 145 beds)

House Praha Žižkovasylum house for men (50 beds)

House Praha Radotínasylum house for men (25 beds)

House Praha Vršoviceasylum house for women (40 beds)

House Praha Záběhliceasylum house for men and women (30 beds)

NADĚJE ASYLUM HOUSES

FUNDING OF ASYLUM HOUSES

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic

Magistrate of the Capital City of Prague

Municipal Districts of Prague – grants

Foundations, endowment funds

Private donors

ESF - EU funds

STARTING/TRAINING FLATS

Change from living in asylum houses to living in training flats and related risks

Social work with clients in training flats

The issue of Housing First in the Czech Republic

CREATION OF THE PERMEABLE HOUSING SYSTEM

Permeable housing appears to be a suitable model for providing long term housing to households with insufficient competence in keeping rental housing.

PERMEABLE HOUSING SYSTEM

1) Crisis housing (asylum housing; living in hostels with supporting social programme, living in hostels, night shelters)

2) Living in training flats where undertenants are provided with supporting social assistance (social activation service, outreach social work)

3) Long-term social housing (its parameters enable long-term dignified housing for the target group)

3 MODELS OF TRAINING HOUSING

1) Living in training flats owned by an NGO. → A client is a tenant, an NGO is a landlord and a provider of supporting services.

2) Living in training flats owned by another owner. → A client is a tenant, a municipality district office is a landlord, an NGO is only a provider of supporting social services.

3) Living in training flats rented by a non-profit organization from other landlords. → A client is an undertenant, an NGO is a tenant and provider of supporting social services, a municipality district office or private owner is a landlord.

NADĚJE STARTING/TRAINING FLATSHousing Stock of Municipality Districts of Prague (giving an example of Prague 5 and Prague 3)

Process of client selection for training flats

Supply and demand 

11 TRAINING FLATS• Tenant - NADĚJE• Undertenant - client (a

person without a regular dwelling)

• Landlord (flat's owner):5 flats - Magistrate of the

Capital City of Prague,1 flat - Municipal District

Prague 11, 5 flats - Municipal District

Prague 5• We are negotiating with

Municipal District Prague 3

SELECTION OF CLIENTSFOR TRAINING/STARTING FLATS

PROCESS OF CLIENT SELECTION

Social work in an asylum house

Cooperation with a curator for adults

Recommendation for a client/clients to a municipality district commission

Recommendation for selected clients to a municipality district council

Allocation of a particular flat

Social work in a training flat

SELECTION OF CLIENTSFOR TRAINING/STARTING FLATS

RISKS

Bad adaptation of a client to an independent life in a flat

Income of a client (often unstable)

Indebtedness

Reluctance to leave a training flat, namely when it is qualitatively better than a long-term one

STAFF Administrative staff of NADĚJE Headquarters, Branch Office Praha (branch director, branch economist, accountant, methodologist)

Direct care staff (asylum house manager, social worker, social services worker)

Others (e.g. curator for adults, representative of social department, commission for selection of proper candidates)

OBSTACLES

Lack of training flats - reluctance of the municipalities to establish this kind of flats

Selection of proper candidates

Participation of private subjects - real estates landlords (is it not possible to engage these subjects due to mistrust?)

EVALUATION

Evaluation of existing experience with training housing

Future of training flats

Prospects of future – Social Housing Act?

SPACE FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

GABRIELA SČOTKOVÁmanager of the Asylum House and Night Shelter in Žižkov

PETR KUBIŠTAoutreach social service worker