Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:05:49 +0200https://english.radio.cz/floating-shelter-opened-pragues-homeless-population-8611312© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalIn the Communist era, it was illegal in this country not to have a place to live. All this has changed in the 16 years since the Velvet Revolution, however, and there are now an estimated 5000 homeless people on the streets of Prague. This has proved to be a difficult problem to deal with, and the homeless have become an increasingly visible presence on the streets of the Czech capital, often sleeping on trams and buses. One of the reasons for this is that no Prague municipality is willing to grant permission for a homeless shelter in its neighbourhood, for fear of becoming a magnet for vagrants. Now the city authorities have come up with a novel solution to this problem. They have commissioned a boat on the Vltava River to house the homeless.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/lod_bezdomovci4.jpg?timestamp=1591417765 https://english.radio.cz/floating-shelter-opened-pragues-homeless-population-8611312 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9