New reform proposed for Israel urban renewal with increased building rights and reduced tax benefits
Israel urban renewal plan TAMA 38 , which resulted in thousands of new apartments being built each year in old areas of the country, is...
Category: Planning Policy
Minister of Construction and Housing resigns days after he introduces new subsidized housing in Israel
Just days after a new plan for subsidized housing in Israel was approved, Minister of Construction and Housing, Jacob Litzman has resigned, leaving behind a...
Green building in Israel will become mandatory from March 2022
The Green Building Standard has existed in Israel for 15 years but, until now, it has been non-compulsory. In 2013, several wealthy cities in central...
Stuck with huge amounts of office space – Government plans to convert some of it into residential real estate in Israel
Vast construction of huge office towers in central Israel over the past few years has resulted in excess supply in areas that, currently, no one...
Mechir LeMishtaken: What does it mean for Foreign Buyers?
Considering the high cost of housing in Israel and the difficulty for many people – mostly young couples – to buy a home, Israel’s Finance...
100,000 apartments to be built in high-demand areas in the center of Israel on military bases
In what the Government has called “strategic inventory management of the housing crisis”, more than one thousand housing units will be constructed on land that...
Mechir Lemishtaken — good news for first-time home buyers in Israel
In light of the high cost of housing in Israel and the near impossibility for many people – mostly young couples – to buy their...
Urban Renewal in Israel — Part 2: “Tama 38”
Israel is located on a seismically-active fault line known as the Syrian African Rift and the possibility of earthquakes of high magnitudes pose a threat...
Urban Renewal in Israel — Part 1: “Pinui Binui”
Urban renewal in Israel generates new, creative construction in preexisting built-up areas. The scarcity of land for new construction in Israel and the subsequent housing shortage throughout...