Significant rise in number of unoccupied apartments in Czechia

There were 200,000 unoccupied flats in apartment buildings in Czechia at the start of 2021, a rise of 40 percent on the number a decade earlier, according to a Ministry for Regional Development study cited by the Czech News Agency. The report is based on data on national censuses carried out in 2021 and 2011.

The study suggests some of the apartments may have been bought as investments and used for other purposes or for short-term accommodation. The poor state of properties may have been another factor.