Main points of PM’s ‘affordable housing’

A list of the initiatives put forward by Netanyahu to alleviate the housing crisis.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu 311 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu 311
(photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s program to solve the crisis in the housing market includes the following initiatives:
• Reform of Land Administration and planning committees: Removal of barriers to marketing of land and to planning of housing units.
• Cheaper land for buying apartments: A 50 percent discount in price of land for construction of apartments, where contractors compete to offer lowest prices to buyers.
• Reduced-cost rentals: Construction of apartments for long-term rental, with 25-100 percent discount on land for contractors that offer lowest price to renters.
• Student housing: Construction of 10,000 new dormitory units for students.
• Cheap public transportation for students: Immediate 50 percent rail and bus discount for university and college students, to encourage them to live outside city centers.
• Municipal tax for empty apartments: Exemptions on municipal tax for empty apartments will be limited to six months.