"We are raising entire generations who live with their parents. What's next? To
live with grandma and grandpa?"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will submit to the cabinet a new plan aimed at dealing with the housing shortage. The plan includes the construction of thousands of housing units nationwide over the next 18 months.
Netanyahu said"I have no illusions,there will be objections...". Netanyahu added, "We must take drastic action. I am determined to undertake this reform. We don’t have years. I am sick of waiting. We won't wait any more!"
Under Netanyahu's plan, national housing commissions will be established to bypass the bureaucracy of local and regional planning and building commissions, and will concentrate all decisions as a one-stop-shop.
The new commissions will be set up for 18-month periods. They are intended to deal with the housing shortage, which currently stands at 100,000 apartments. The reform was formulated together with Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz and Minister of Housing and Construction Ariel Atias. It will apply only to apartments in the housing starts market above a certain height , which has not yet been decided . it will apply nationwide also including high demand areas.
"We must close the gaps," declared Netanyahu. "A combination of reforms at the Israel Land Administration and a road bypassing the planning commissions is the only way to deal with the housing shortage."
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