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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

housing crisis

A sign declaring an upcoming construction project to replace the existing one seen behind it, Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, on January 19, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Why Israel’s housing market is seeing an unlikely surge amid the war
By Hadas Kuznits
Experts say a surprising spike in prices can be chalked up to systemic flaws, labor shortages and foreign buyers – but whatever the cause, Israeli buyers are feeling the squeeze
The high-ceilinged dorm rooms of Abraham Hostel Jerusalem (Courtesy Abraham Hostel)
December 18, 2024, 4:29 pm
With tourism slacking, Jerusalem hostel pivots to low-cost student housing
Amid downturn during the war, Abraham Hostel is working with a nonprofit to offer dorm-type rooms for students at a fraction of the market price
By Zev Stub
A sign declaring an upcoming construction project to replace the existing one seen behind it, Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, on January 19, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 29, 2024, 2:13 am
Why Israel’s housing market is seeing an unlikely surge amid the war
Experts say a surprising spike in prices can be chalked up to systemic flaws, labor shortages and foreign buyers – but whatever the cause, Israeli buyers are feeling the squeeze
By Hadas Kuznits
View of Mount Arbel, in Northern Israel. May 13, 2010. (Yaakov Naumi/ Flash90/ File)
July 2, 2023, 9:33 pm
Cabinet authorizes Ramat Arbel, a new community to be built in Galilee
Netanyahu hails decision as a ‘celebration for all of Israel,’ among efforts to ease housing crisis; in 2006, government nixed plans for town at site, citing environmental damage
By ToI Staff
California Sen. Scott Wiener, left, shakes hands with a man after a rally for more housing outside of City Hall in Oakland, California, January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
May 24, 2023, 4:47 am
Unsettled by Jewish history, a California lawmaker takes on his state’s housing woes
Co-chair of Sacramento’s Jewish Caucus, State Senator Scott Wiener cites his upbringing as inspiring legislation that will allow religious institutions to build homes on their land
By Louis Sallerson
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A kitchen before Tenufa Bakehila worked on it. (Credit: Tenufa Bakehila)
December 21, 2022, 7:45 pm
NGO confronts Israel’s hidden housing crisis
Their homes are dark and in deep disrepair. Elderly shower in cold water in the winter, Holocaust survivors drag buckets of water to broken toilet so they can flush.
By Elisheva Wadler
Construction of new housing in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on November 18, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
December 15, 2022, 9:41 pm
House prices keep soaring, marking record 20.3% rise in a year
Dramatic figure comes as other inflationary pressures ease, with consumer prices rising more slowly
By Danielle Nagler
Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by MKs after a vote for the new Knesset speaker at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2022, 1:21 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 15: Making order out of Knesset chaos; how to invest NIS 300,000
Ahead of tonight’s ToI’s live-streamed event, Knesset reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn on the override clause; real estate reporter Danielle Nagler on ways to get on the housing ladder
By ToI Staff
A construction site in a new neighborhood in Be'er Yaakov, March 26, 2020. (Flash90)
December 14, 2022, 1:38 pm
Home sales plummet by 65% in October, amid prolonged housing crisis
Finance Ministry data says month’s 5,100 purchases are among the lowest figures of any October in past 20 years, and lowest of any month since 1st COVID lockdown in April 2020
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism leader Yitzchak Goldknopf at a conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 7, 2022, 5:04 pm
Expected incoming housing minister: I don’t know if there is a housing crisis
‘From what I see, there is construction all around,’ United Torah Judaism leader Yitzhak Goldknopf says, with annual rise in home prices at highest level in recent memory
By ToI Staff
File: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the European Friends of Israel Policy Conference in the Chagall Hall in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Debbie Hill, Pool)
November 17, 2022, 1:18 pm
Daily Briefing Nov 17: Democracy isn’t dying, but the housing market may be
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on incessant rumors of a unity government and real estate editor Danielle Nagler on a new amusement park in the Negev
By ToI Staff
The United Nations flag waves in the wind on the top of a UN building in Geneva, Switzerland, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File )
October 23, 2022, 1:16 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 23: UN releases 2nd damning report on Israel; real estate soars
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman breaks down the 28-page document and talks defense systems for Ukraine; real estate reporter Danielle Nagler on Jerusalem’s white elephant
By ToI Staff
Hadar Muchtar speaks at the Knesset upon registering her Fiery Youth party's list of candidates with the Central Elections Committee, on September 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 18, 2022, 11:01 pm
Fiery Youth party head, decrying inability to buy apartment, found to own home
After revelation, social media star and longshot candidate Hadar Muchtar claims she technically owns the home, but it actually belongs to her parents
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
July 12, 2022, 2:12 pm
Daily Briefing July 12: NYC antisemitism rises; Israel’s housing protests carry on
US reporter Luke Tress discusses antisemitism in NY and the CUNY university system; real estate writer Danielle Nagler looks at rallies against high rent, and glamping vacations
By ToI Staff
Israelis set up tents on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, to protest against the soaring housing prices in Israel and social inequalities, on June 19, 2022. The placard protests soaring rental prices, and translates roughly as "Landlords need not be pigs" (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
June 24, 2022, 1:57 pm
Protests gain steam as Israelis struggle with housing prices. But will they succeed?
A decade ago, people moved into tents to call attention to the high cost of living. After years of government promises, they’re back outside — and housing prices have only soared
By Danielle Nagler
A construction site of new residential buildings in the Ir Yamim neighborhood in the costal city of Netanya, March 26,2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
May 15, 2022, 9:23 pm
Housing prices soar by more than 16% in past year, highest rise in over a decade
Consumer prices rise by 0.8% in April, 4% over past year, with notable upticks in fresh vegetables and fruits, clothing and footwear, transportation, culture and entertainment
By ToI Staff
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