PM presents emergency housing construction plan for gov't approval

In collaboration with Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias and Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented for government approval an emergency plan for accelerated housing construction. The plan aims to stop housing prices from rising further.

As per the initiative, national housing committees are to be established in order to alleviate the amounts of bureaucracy that the planning and construction committees currently face. (Maya Kuperman)