On 12 December the local assembly in Most, Czech Republic approved the budget to build "container" housing for families and individuals living at the Chanov housing estate. The decision means that in addition to the city hall becoming an active builder of a ghetto there, it has also demonstrated it is a wasteful manager of the local budget.
According to experts, the choice of "container" housing was the worst available option, one that will negatively impact the lives not just of the residents of Chanov, but the lives of all inhabitants of Most. However, the city does still have an opportunity to take advantage of a much better method for addressing the situation at the housing estate.
Instead of building "container" housing, city hall could be awarded a subsidy by the Regional Development Ministry to repair the estate's prefabricated apartment buildings, specifically, buildings 6 through 10. Of course, that ministry will not provide a subsidy to build "container" housing, so the local assembly members have instead made the arbitrary decision to waste the municipal budget on that construction without taking state aid.
