According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, construction of only 573 apartments began in Haifa this year, compared with 516 in 2020, 512 in 2019 and 1279 in 2018. Bypassing Haifa on the list: Or Akiva, Netivot, Gan Yavne, Ofakim and Kiryat Bialik
Posted on: 21.3.22 11:37
Haifa is the locality with the lowest number of housing starts among all localities, where construction began on more than 500 dwellings in 2021. Data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics show that in 2021, construction of only 573 new dwellings began in Haifa. However, despite this unflattering figure, compared to 2020, there was an 11 percent increase in construction starts in Haifa. In 2020 the number of construction starts in Haifa was 516 apartments and in 2019 512. In contrast, in 2018 the number of construction starts in the city was 1279.
These are the localities that bypass Haifa in the number of construction starts in 2021: Tel Aviv-Yafo (5052 construction starts), Ashkelon (3743), Jerusalem (3175), Rishon Lezion (2692), Bat Yam (2105), Bnei Brak (1954), Ramat Gan (1785), Or Akiva (1659), Beer Sheva (1600) and Netanya (1590).
The second ten are opened by Petah Tikva (1418), Beit Shemesh (1346), Herzliya (1296), Beer Yaakov (1244), Nahariya (1214), Or Yehuda (1120), Netivot (1093), Ashdod (1027), Gan Yavne (989) and Kiryat Ono (911).
Rehovot (828), Hadera (826), Holon (813), Mevaseret Zion (758), Kiryat Bialik (653), Raanana (652), Afula (647), Ramla (629), Ofakim (577) open the top ten. , And as mentioned last on the list – Haifa.
In general, the number of apartments whose construction began in 2021 stands at 63,330,000, an increase of 13 percent compared to the previous year.
Also in the data of building permits in the distribution to districts – Haifa district shuffles at the bottom, passing only the district of Judea and Samaria in the number of building permits issued in 2021. The data show that the Tel Aviv district is the district where the most building permits were issued (20,477). Next on the list: the Central District (16,440), the South (14,098), the North (8437), Jerusalem (7562), Haifa (6582) and Judea and Samaria (2749).