Prague considers several options to help homeless people in extreme weather conditions

If extreme cold strikes the Czech capital this winter, Prague’s City Hall could ask the transit authority Dopravní podnik, to allow those with nowhere to go to spend the night in entrance vestibules in the city’s metro, news website aktualne.cz reports. Irena Ropková, the city councilor overseeing social issues, stressed the situation as a worst-case scenario. Extreme cold has hit the capital before, putting the homeless at risk of death from exposure. The city councilor said alternatively heated tents, capable of temporarily housing up to 200 people, could be used.

Author: Jan Velinger