Housing minister markets land for 3,800 homes

Half of the apartments will be in Lod and Ramle.

Minister of Housing and Construction Ariel Atias announced the marketing of land for 3,800 housing units by the Israel Land Administration (ILA). Since October 2009, the ILA has marketed land for more than 24,000 apartments nationwide.Most of the land in today's announcement is not in high demand areas,land for 1,300 apartments in Lod and for 720 apartments in Ramle.The ILA is also marketing land for 140 apartments in Petah Tikva, 190 apartments in Rishon LeZion, as well as lots in Ness Ziona, Kafr Kassem, Modi'in, Kadima Zoran, Gedera, and Rosh Ha'Ayin.In the south, the ILA is marketing lots in Dimona, Ofakim, and Ashkelon, and in the north, in Haifa and in the Nazareth area.