Czech TV: ANO mortgage support plan currently on ice

Plans to provide state-backed mortgage support for young families and people in essential professions in Czechia will not go ahead for now, Czech Television reported on Saturday. Government leaders ANO had included such a provision in the party’s pre-election manifesto, but it does not figure in current economic plans.

ANO’s finance minister, Alena Schillerová, told Czech Television that the matter would be further discussed at the political level, adding that it would be part of a broader package of housing support. But Petr Kulhánek of the opposition Mayors said the stated priority was as yet an empty proclamation.