As Prague faces mounting pressure to expand affordable housing, city officials are focusing on three metro-connected development zones—Letňany, Nové Dvory, and Palmovka—with plans to build approximately 12,000 city-owned apartments.

The most ambitious site is in Letňany (Prague 18), where the city is negotiating the acquisition of state-owned land. This project, described by Hlaváček as a prime example of “positive cooperation between the state and municipality,” could support 7,000 to 8,000 new apartments.

Located on metro line C, the area is also being zoned for a hospital and technology hub, and there are talks of extending tram lines from Vysočany to Kbely to improve connectivity.

The second project, in Nové Dvory (Prague 4), sits adjacent to a metro station and involves land owned by a municipal transport company. Here, the city envisions a mixed-use development: residential buildings, a school, sports facilities, and possibly a cultural venue—tentatively dubbed “Minor 2”, modeled after the successful children’s theatre. Around 2,000 apartments are expected in this location.

The third development site is Palmovka (Prague 8), where the city owns approximately two-thirds of the land. The area, long seen as problematic, is now slated for a full transformation. The plan includes a school, a kindergarten, and a park built along a disused railway line, all integrated with the Palmovka metro station. An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 city apartments could be built here.

A New Strategy for Affordable Housing

All three housing projects fall under the oversight of the Prague Development Company, a municipal entity tasked with evaluating land and overseeing the construction of affordable rental housing.

The company has played a key role in identifying city plots where zoning changes are required, such as the former Žižkov Freight Station, another site with development potential.

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