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  • 15:14

    Ministers present plan to lower housing costs

    Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Elkin presented today the government housing plan for the years 2022-2025.

    The program, which is supposed to combat rising housing prices, introduced a number of significant measures such as a ban on the use of residential apartments for Airbnb in major cities. In addition, the purchase tax on investors, which was reduced to 5% in the previous government, will rise back to 8%.