The southern entrance to Jerusalem (SkyVideo Housing and Construction Photography)
The Jerusalem Municipality marked the goal about three years ago and is furthering its plans for urban renewal, with an emphasis on projects of the ‘evacuation construction’ type, throughout the city. Such programs are relevant to many complexes and have significant benefits: planning, urban, social, community, social, economic, security, environmental and more.
Jerusalem combines historic areas, preservation buildings and old neighborhoods, it is evident that the old neighborhoods do not match the pace of the city’s development, the residential buildings in them are outdated and they require urban renewal.
Therefore, the public benefit resulting from urban renewal is great and develops the city in a variety of ways, along with improving the quality of life of residents living in the old housing complexes that will move to the new buildings, including by charging the developer to bear the management and maintenance expenses of those old tenants. Receipt of possession of the new apartment.
The Jerusalem Municipality sees the aggregate public benefit, as outweighing the benefit of the possible income array from imposing a liability on an improvement levy, in projects of this type. Therefore, and given the limit of open spaces that stand in favor of the expansion and natural growth of the city, as well as the need to preserve the green areas in it, the municipality sees urban renewal as the best solution for the future of housing in the city.
The Jerusalem Municipality is interested in accelerating the process of promoting these plans, shortening them and harnessing all municipal and governmental factors, in order to carry them out. This will also create certainty for entrepreneurs in the Jerusalem urban renewal arena and stimulate them financially. Also, as part of the municipal position on the issue, it is guaranteed that the damage to the municipality’s budget will be proportionate, so that it will not be burdensome in a way that the municipality will not be able to meet.
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Therefore, the position is that the exemption will be granted only in relation to ‘evacuation for construction’ plans, and only for the improvement components related to the living areas and when the exemption applies in most neighborhoods of the city, except in the following places: industrial areas in Atarot, Givat Shaul, Talpiot and Har Hotzvim. Nahalat Shiva, Nachlaot, Old City Basin, Yemin Moshe, Talbiyeh, Rehavia, Kiryat Shmuel, German Colony, Greek Colony, Baka, Nayot, Mount Scopus, Ramat Motza and Ein Kerem, and in accordance with the boundaries to be drawn on the city map, to be attached to the council’s decision at the next meeting And subject to the conditions to be determined by the Council.
The Jerusalem Municipality believes that the scope of entrepreneurial activity in the city will increase precisely due to the continued policy of applying the exemption in ‘evacuation construction’ projects in the said areas, which will significantly increase the number of developers and incoming projects in all projects in the city. In them, the exemption policy applies to ‘evacuation construction’ plans.
Similarly, the acceleration of construction in the field of urban renewal will win the municipality budgets from the state (Government Authority for Urban Renewal), in accordance with the government decision of August 2021. In this way, the required balance in the city revenue mix over the next 5 years. To their characteristics.
The Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon: “The capital of Israel is in the midst of a revolution, which is reflected in a construction boom, urban growth, an informed overcrowding policy and the promotion of urban renewal as a leading axis. The intention to grant the exemption from improvement is an expression of the implementation of the municipal policy for efficient and fair planning of limited long-term land resources, for optimal construction on Jerusalem land through high-rise construction, for the tightening of light rail arteries and appropriate places, for urban renewal projects. In the same way, we will maintain the open areas and the green lungs. The move also has major benefits in terms of urban tissue renewal, social strengthening for neighborhoods and concern for housing and community for young people. I sincerely hope that the move will be approved and we will move forward in the Jerusalem building. ”
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