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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

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Illustrative: Construction workers at a site in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Shoshanna Solomon
Analysis
Shoshanna Solomon
Double whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with high debt
And the specter of a housing shortage is triggering a rise in demand and price rises
Illustrative: Construction workers at a site in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 2:21 am
Double whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with high debt
And the specter of a housing shortage is triggering a rise in demand and price rises
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A brown rat (Heiko Kiera/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2024, 7:15 am
Rail construction in Tel Aviv may be behind a surge in rat-related disease cases
Patients diagnosed with flea-borne typhus and leptospirosis at area hospitals have reported seeing the rodents in their neighborhoods, and even in their homes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A home destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in southern Israel's Kibbutz Kfar Aza is seen on October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
December 10, 2023, 10:22 am
Turn Gaza border area into model of sustainable development, green organization urges
Advocacy group Adam Teva V’Din presents roadmap for rebuilding more greenly, as government set to approve framework for 5-year plan to rehabilitate southern border communities
By Sue Surkes
Apartments belonging to real estate company Hutzot Yerushalayim have been offered to displaced Israelis until the war ends, free of charge. (Yossi Schwartz, Hutzot Yerushalayim)
October 25, 2023, 12:57 pm
Jerusalem real estate company hosts families from south in empty homes free of charge
Hutzot Yerushalayim halts construction projects in capital in order to offer apartments to displaced Israelis in need
By Tal Schneider
Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 25, 2023, 3:48 am
Planning approvals for new housing hit multi-year high in 2022
Planning authority sees nearly 50% rise in new housing agreements, while protected spaces and green energy projects also increase
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: A building in Kiryat Bialik undergoing urban renewal as part of Tama 38 regulation, on October 24, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)
May 4, 2023, 5:39 am
Urban renewal project approvals tripled in 2022 in bid to increase housing
Frameworks that allow for renovating — or demolishing and reconstructing — buildings with more and better apartments show growth in new government data
By Danielle Nagler
New apartment buildings under construction in the southern city of Beersheba on November 18, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
April 21, 2023, 6:51 am
Housing prices finally dip, but market pressures mean a surge will likely follow
The only way is up, experts say. Falling prices in the residential market are unlikely to become a long-term trend even if home sales are currently at record lows
By Danielle Nagler
A construction site in Israel, May 2022. (Roman Mykhalchuk via iStock by Getty Images)
March 13, 2023, 3:47 pm
Forecast of short supply of building materials until 2040 further imperils housing
Energy Ministry warns domestic supply will fail to meet high demand for construction materials to build homes, roads, infrastructure, per current growth rates
By Danielle Nagler
Luxury cars seized as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the Defense Ministry construction tender process, February 13, 2023 (Israel Police)
February 13, 2023, 8:29 am
Dozens detained over NIS 1 billion cartel for Defense Ministry construction tenders
Police seize luxury cars, watches during raids after undercover op; ministry employees, construction company owners, lawyers among those held; one linked to criminal organization
By ToI Staff
Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf arrives for a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2023, 1:44 pm
New inter-ministerial cabinet to tackle Israel’s housing crisis
Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf to head committee tasked with delivering more home-building in a bid to lower prices
By Danielle Nagler
Kiryat Yovel, April 2022. (By Bar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124376597)
January 26, 2023, 8:45 pm
Jerusalem moves forward with urban renewal plans in key neighborhoods
Green light for makeover of Katamon, Arnona and Kiryat HaYovel to deliver homes, services and public space
By Danielle Nagler
Israeli elderly women take part in a morning workout in a former hotel turned into a social housing building for elderly Israelis from the former Soviet Union, in Jerusalem on September 4, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 30, 2022, 5:58 am
Israel to build 3,000 new sheltered housing units for elderly population
Jewish Agency, government ink agreement to provide affordable housing for senior Israelis in cities like Beersheba, Ra’anana, and Tel Aviv
By Danielle Nagler
Construction in Holon, May 2020. (100 via iStock by Getty Images)
December 22, 2022, 7:34 pm
Holon gets okay for central Israel’s largest urban renewal plan
Planning committee approves construction project that will add 30,000 new homes in city on outskirts of Tel Aviv to boost much-needed housing supply in Gush Dan area
By Danielle Nagler
A construction site for new apartment buildings in Beit Shemesh photographed on February 21, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
December 21, 2022, 10:48 am
Jump in 2022 housing starts, building permits may act to slow price rises
Home-building activity increases by 15% compared to last year, with construction started on over 70,000 apartments
By Danielle Nagler
A view of a construction site for new apartment buildings in the southern city of Beersheba on July 28, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 21, 2022, 1:28 am
Israel launches energy efficiency rating for new apartments, helping calculate costs
With residential houses accounting for 30% of country’s electricity use, government says system will help buyers anticipate heating, air conditioning costs, save up to 30% on bills
By Sue Surkes
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