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Ministry of Construction and Housing

This picture taken from the E1 area northeast of Jerusalem shows vehicles moving along a highway near the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
August 19, 2026, 1:10 pm
Government opens bidding to build 1,200 homes in controversial E1 settlement project
Construction in area east of Jerusalem would split up West Bank and deal blow to hopes for a contiguous Palestinian state; Peace Now: Tender seeks to tie next government’s hands
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smortrich, left, and Settlements Minister Orit Strock announce a government plan for dozens of new settlements in the West Bank, July 14, 2026. (Courtesy Religious Zionism)
July 14, 2026, 11:13 pm
Government says $431 million allocated last month for 34 new West Bank settlements
Ministers Smotrich and Strock declare a ‘day of celebration’ for plan that is ‘killing’ possibility of Palestinian state
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: Men arguing in Beit Shemesh, October 2013. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash 90)
May 1, 2026, 5:59 am
Separate cities or shared space? Ministries at odds over huge Negev housing plan for Haredim
As the ultra-Orthodox population surges, plans for three major new cities in the south highlight a growing divide over integration, economics and the future of Haredi life
By Zev Stub
Construction in the central town of Gedera, February 24, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
October 26, 2025, 5:48 pm
NIS 1.4 billion housing plan passed to boost construction, increase foreign workers
Government approves program that looks to accelerate building, strengthen local authorities, and expand the supply of affordable homes across the country
By Zev Stub
Tourism Minister Haim Katz attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting, December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 14, 2025, 6:29 pm
Likud’s Haim Katz okayed as permanent housing minister to replace UTJ’s Goldknopf
Appointment may be sign that Netanyahu does not expect to solve dispute over Haredi enlistment and bring UTJ back into coalition; Katz currently helms four ministries
By Sam Sokol
Aviad Friedman, head of the Tekuma Directorate, explains a funding plan to enable Gaza border communities to attract new residents by increasing their housing portfolios. The meeting was held at Kibbutz Alumim, southern Israel, July 10, 2025. (Tekuma Directorate)
July 10, 2025, 7:54 pm
Government unveils plans to double population of Israeli communities along Gaza border
Flexible financial package to increase housing includes NIS 560 million of state funds, guarantees for NIS 1 billion in loans to be raised by Jewish Agency
By Sue Surkes
View of Beit Shemesh on February 8, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 2, 2025, 10:49 am
In Beit Shemesh, neighborhood after neighborhood turns Haredi, squeezing out others
Residents of the Neve Shamir neighborhood are up in arms over plans to turn what was initially intended to be a mixed community into an ultra-Orthodox one
By Zev Stub
Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf dances with other attendants at his nephew's wedding, March 23, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 24, 2025, 6:23 am
Haredi minister dances to anti-Zionist, anti-IDF song, draws bipartisan calls to fire him
Yitzchak Goldknopf filmed among crowd singing ‘We will die and not enlist [to the IDF]’; he apologizes after initially dismissing criticism as ‘incitement’; PM praises disavowal
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
An 800-unit apartment complex in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood. (Ari Cohen Architects and City Planners)
February 28, 2025, 9:57 am
Housing Ministry plans to encourage long-term rentals as Israelis priced out of purchasing
With more Israelis renting instead of buying homes, the Construction and Housing Ministry is working on a strategic plan to make the market serve all citizens, not only investors
By Zev Stub
A view of the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank, on July 1, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 11, 2024, 5:25 pm
Construction begins on large new settlement neighborhood west of Ariel
Plans for 1,600 homes in Amirim were approved by Housing Ministry in 1991; Peace Now claims it constitutes a new settlement due to size and distance from Ariel
By Jeremy Sharon
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
A view of a construction crane in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on June 21, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 29, 2022, 11:34 pm
6,500 subsidized homes on offer in latest Israeli housing lottery
As prices reach new heights, newest government raffle opens door for thousands of discounted apartments in 13 locations including Jerusalem, Ashdod, Sderot and Nahariya
By Danielle Nagler
United Torah Judaism chairman MK Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2022, 1:28 am
Incoming housing minister reportedly split Jerusalem apartment into 5 without permit
Newspaper says United Torah Judaism’s Yitzchak Goldknopf is still registered as having some property rights at building in capital, though he claims to have transferred ownership
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
A sign for a Pinui V'Binui (evacuate and rebuild) urban renewal project in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on January 26, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 6, 2022, 4:19 am
How to make urban renewal smoother: Keep developers and homeowners on the same side
Government office hopes to streamline process of rebuilding by requiring a consultant for each project, who will keep confused or disenchanted homeowners informed and involved
By Danielle Nagler
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