The report Housing Affordability in Cities in the Czech Republic was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) and its Working Party on Urban Policy (WPURB).
The project was funded by the European Union via the Structural Reform Support Programme and was implemented in co-operation with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission.
The OECD is grateful to Daniela Grabmüllerová, Marie Mohylová and Katarina Husarova from the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic for the excellent collaboration. Warm thanks also are due to the cities of Pilsen (Plzeň) and Olomouc for their input during the onsite mission in January 2020, as well as to the stakeholders from the government, the Czech National Bank, the Czech Statistical Office, civil society, academia and business representatives that contributed data and information throughout the project.
The report was drafted by Camille Viros and Klara Fritz, Economists/Policy Analysts, under the supervision of Soo-Jin Kim, Head of the Urban Policies and Reviews Unit, and Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development (CITY) Division of the CFE. The report also benefitted from valuable contributions and comments from Abel Schumann, Matteo Schleicher and Jaebeum Cho, Economists, under the supervision of Rudiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division.
The report was approved for declassification at the 29th session of the OECD Working Party on Urban Policy (3-4 May 2021) under cote [CFE/RDPC/URB(2021)12].
The report was prepared for publication by Pilar Philip and François Iglesias and edited by Eleonore Morena.