Monday, February 27, 2012

Labor chairwoman MK Shelly Yacimovich disclosed a Housing Ministry document
limiting eligibility for purchasing public housing to families with at least
six children.
This measure, she added, benefits constituents of Minister of Housing and
Construction Ariel Atias, a member of the Shas party.
Current eligibility rules for buying public housing are: homeless,
handicapped persons and their families, residents of public housing that
lack handicap access, and new immigrants

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Plans approved for Israel's tallest building:

The plan allows for building a 70-storey skyscraper in Givatayim near Tel Aviv.
Israel's current tallest skyscraper is the 69-storey (84,000-square meter) Moshe Aviv Tower in the Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange adjacent to Tel Aviv.