The regional centers for Housing Investment Support, which was established in April by the State Investment Support Fund (SFPI), are already fully providing services to municipalities. They register dozens of requests for consultations of various types from mayors.
Ivan Bartoš, Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization and Minister for Regional Development, got acquainted with the activities of one of these eight new expert advisory centers during his trip to the Pilsen region.
“Regional investment support centers are an important part of the mosaic that is our Housing for Life reform. I am excited about the interest that municipalities have already shown in their services. I believe that the centers will be a great support for cities and municipalities, and not only during the launch of our Affordable Housing program in September,” said Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization and Minister for Regional Development Ivan Bartoš on the occasion of a visit to the Pilsen Regional Center for Housing Investment Support.
“Regional centers deal with questions from various areas. I am pleased that after such a short period of its operation it has become a partner of our mayors. Our experts answer questions about project management, implementation and strategic planning of investments, they also help with financial modeling and project financing, as well as with technological designs and building solutions to make them efficient and sustainable,” explains SFPI director Daniel Ryšávka.
Minister Ivan Bartoš also visited the town of Přeštice, which is located twenty kilometers south of Pilsen. A project to complete the area for senior housing and modern facilities for field care services is being prepared on site. There will also be 14 new apartments for the elderly. The SFPI Regional Center for Housing Investment Support is helping with project preparation. “We are glad that the state, through SFPI consultancy, also provides expert support for specific projects, such as the project for our seniors in Máchova street. Municipalities can thus speed up and make capital construction more efficient,” says Tomáš Chmelík, mayor of Přeštice. The municipality plans to use the SFPI Affordable housing program for this rental housing project, which will be launched in September.