Category: Housing Policy

Policies that were on the verge of approval will be frozen, including the move not to link new apartment prices to the Construction Cost Index as well as increased tax benefits for first-time home-buyers. Those that already passed, however, such as the “Apartment at a Discount” campaign, will continue as usual. Buyitinisrael presents a summary...

As home prices continue to rise in Israel, the government have increased the maximum discount for those buying subsidized apartments from NIS 300,000 to half a million shekels in relation to the market price. In addition, the percentage of discounted apartments to be built on State Land will rise from 60% to 80% of the...

As Israel’s population is expected to grow significantly in the coming decades, a new plan has been approved by the government which will increase the level of crowding in metropolitan cities, considered sparsely populated compared to other Western cities. Increasing a city’s density enables more efficient use of land, strengthens urban commerce, encourages the use...

More than twenty settlements in Israel are named after individuals who sacrificed their lives for the defense of the Jewish Yishuv in the pre-State era or during the later wars for the establishment and defense of the State of Israel. In honor of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s annual Remembrance Day, Buyitinisrael shares some of the heroic...

Find out everything you need to know about Israel’s latest discounted housing plan, including how to participate, how to increase your chances of winning, where the savings are valued at more than NIS 1.5 million, and whether or not we can expect Israel’s residential real estate to drop. The government lottery for 10,000 affordable housing...

The Golan Heights is one of the most beloved regions in Israel – but mainly for getaways and hiking trips, as few Israelis would consider establishing their homes there. Today, the area has a population of 53,000 residents, only half of whom are Jewish. A new development plan presented by the Israeli government aims to...

According to a new master plan, one of Israel’s most popular cities is expected to multiply its current population by two hundred and fifty percent within the next two decades. In addition to increasing the population, a new business center will be established in the northern part of the city, which will include a medical...

Against the background of the general housing crisis, the shortage of housing for the ultra-Orthodox public is intensified by high fertility rates, low-income levels and the need for homogeneous housing complexes. The city of Kasif, planned in the south of the country for this sector, is considered by many to be a bad solution, but...

After a freeze of several years, the Jerusalem Municipality is once again pushing a plan to build 9,000 apartments for Haredi residents in the east of the city, in the area of the former ​​Atarot Airport. If approved, the plan would provoke strong international opposition, due to its proximity to many Palestinian neighborhoods. In the...

Last week, the government announced how it plans to deal with the housing crisis in Israel. The plan includes measures anticipated by the public, such as increasing the purchase tax for real estate investors, as well as some surprises, like a ban on short-term vacation rentals and exorbitant benefits for private homeowners. Just before the...