Category: Housing Policy

The special planning committee of the new Haredi city being built in the Negev for the ultra-Orthodox sector convened for the first time and is expected to approve the first building plans in the coming months. According to the master plan, the city of Kasif is expected to include around twenty thousand apartments for up...

Fifteen thousand new residential units began construction in the first quarter of 2023, compared with around twenty thousand in the corresponding quarter of 2022. However, the concerning news lies in the decline in the number of building permits issued by local authorities: In the past twelve months, approximately 4,500 apartments have begun to be built...

Since 2000, the city of Beit Shemesh has grown almost fourfold and has become one of the largest cities in Israel – but despite this, almost no employment space has been developed in the city. The municipality is now promoting a plan for a new business center with office towers, alongside residential towers that will...

Eight years after the start of subsidized home purchase programs, the government is expected to reduce the scope of the discount by hundreds of thousands of shekels. Meanwhile, the Knesset and the OECD published critical opinions on the “Target Price” program, accusing it of exacerbating the housing crisis and widening gaps. The government’s subsidized housing...

This plan is part of TAMA 20 — a new National Outline Plan for the health system. The plan also includes the establishment of 23 geriatric hospitals, 3 rehabilitation hospitals, and 11 emergency medical centers. According to the principles of the plan, many procedures that have previously taken place in hospitals in Israel will now...

The approval of the upcoming state budget includes a number of revolutionary legislative adjustments that are expected to fundamentally change the rental sector. From the construction of towers containing hundreds of small housing units for rental only, to improve the economic feasibility of their construction, and a tax reform that will curb the tax evasion...

Jewish-American businessman and real estate tycoon Gary Barnett purchased the land from Nayot Komemiyut for NIS 750 million, almost five times the price that was paid in 2016 to the Greek Orthodox Church. KKL-JNF is currently leasing the land, but this is only until 2051, leading to growing concern among the residents for their future....

A new government was launched last week, in which all the key positions in the housing sector were appointed to ultra-Orthodox or right-wing nationalist representatives. The first published coalition agreement between the Likud and Torah Judaism includes a series of clauses that benefits the ultra-Orthodox population and that may delay the construction of the Gush...

As rental prices continue to rise at a rapid rate, the Municipality of Tel Aviv has formulated a new housing policy that requires every developer to allot a number of apartments for discounted long-term rentals. In nearby Givatayim, a plan for a 64-story tower containing apartments that will all be rented has been approved, and...

Although the Israeli housing issue is the most severe economic crisis of the past 15 years, it does not occupy a central place in the discourse taking place ahead of the elections for the 25th Knesset. However, a careful examination of the parties’ platforms shows that most of them are offering solutions to the crisis,...