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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
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
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 view of a junction on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv. (rglinsky via iStock by Getty Images)
June 9, 2022, 11:13 pm
To tackle rocketing housing prices, Israel suggests a stranglehold on Airbnb rentals
With hotels clamoring for crackdown and many priced out of rentals near Tel Aviv, government may seek to free up some 13,000 homes being used as vacation rentals today
By Danielle Nagler
New modern high-rise residential buildings under a blue sky in city of Ashdod, Israel. July 2021. (rglinsky via iStock by Getty Images)
April 21, 2022, 3:41 pm
Housing prices keep soaring, up 15% from last year
Prices for homes reach new highs as government hopes for market to ‘moderate’; investor activity drops
By Danielle Nagler and Ricky Ben-David
New residential buildings in the coastal city of Netanya, March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
March 30, 2022, 8:43 pm
Investors cool on Israeli housing market as January sales remain steady
Effects of purchase tax hike on second dwellings or more start to show, says new Finance Ministry report
By Danielle Nagler
A construction site in the central Israeli city of Be'er Ya'akov where new housing is being built, February 22, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90
March 20, 2022, 4:25 pm
As prices soar, Israel offers 10,000 discounted housing units in new lottery program
First batch of apartments being raffled in 31 cities, with overall plan to see 30,000 affordable dwellings marketed by end of year; registration site briefly crashes
By Danielle Nagler
A construction site of new residential buildings in a new neighborhood in Beer Yaakov, March 26,2020. (Flash90)
March 18, 2022, 11:18 pm
As housing crisis intensifies, Liberman eyes new plan aimed at lowering prices
Initiative will see state determine max price for land, with bids granted to contractors who offer lowest prices, and a commitment to finish building within 3 years
By ToI Staff
A view of new apartment buildings in the city of Yavne, in central Israel, on January 31, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 17, 2022, 8:17 pm
Israel to market 30,000 affordable housing units in 2022
First batch of 10,000 units will available to eligible buyers under lottery system by April, says Housing Ministry
By Adina Cooper
Cranes working on sunset at a construction site in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 19, 2022, 9:22 pm
Israelis borrowed record NIS 116 billion in mortgage loans in 2021
In December alone, Israeli banks lent 12.2 billion shekels ($3.89 billion) to home buyers, says Bank of Israel
By Ricky Ben-David
New residential buildings in the Ir Yamim neighborhood of Netanya, March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
November 9, 2021, 6:35 am
Government housing plan seen as just a ‘drop in the bucket’
Municipal resistance to more homes, lack of infrastructure, and unaffordable prices must all be addressed to make a dent in the market, analysts say
By Ricky Ben-David
View of the Holyland high-rise buildings next to older apartment buildings in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, January 19, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 7, 2021, 2:48 pm
Bennett says he’s here to do good. He could start by tackling the housing crisis
As prices keep on soaring, buying a home is becoming an impossible dream for ever more Israelis. Even rentals are exorbitant. Let’s have a strategy to put that right
By David Horovitz
Old structures mix with luxury buildings around Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2021. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
October 6, 2021, 6:30 am
Israeli housing prices have nearly doubled in a decade, with no signs of slowing
Prices have risen by over 12% so far in 2021, and are only set to soar further without real government-initiated solutions, researchers say
By Ricky Ben-David
Construction of new residential buildings in a new neighborhood of Beer Yaakov, on March 26, 2020. (Flash90)
July 20, 2021, 5:43 am
Green bodies slam decision to extend mandate of fast-track planning committee
Opponents say top-down Committee for Preferred Housing Sites builds on too much open space, fails to construct basic infrastructure needed by new homes
By Sue Surkes
A demonstration protesting rising rent rates in 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
September 8, 2019, 10:13 am
State’s inability to fix the housing crisis leaves many out in the cold
The spike in real estate prices has made millionaires out of homeowners, while renters suffer; solutions exist, but nothing scares politicians more than taxing wealthy voters
By Omer Sharvit
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