Promoting policies and legislation
Influencing legislation
Conducting an active ongoing dialogue with the Knesset and its Committees as well as relevant Government Ministries, IAHC has been highly instrumental in legislative processes that generated several important urban renewal and affordable housing laws:
High-impact project: Social housing at Sde Dov
(2016-present)
Background:
Sde Dov, a domestic airfield located in the affluent, high-demand area of north Tel Aviv, was closed down in July 2019, to make room for a huge housing development project: 16,000 new units for over 40,000 residents on an area of approximately 360 acres. While the government claims that the project will contribute to solving the current housing crisis, IAHC research indicates that prices will be far from affordable for low/middle-class Israelis.
Our involvement:
IAHC has been involved in the social housing aspect of the Sde Dov project for several years, in an ongoing effort to influence its planning and implementation. An in-depth IAHC study of the proposed project led to a paper published in Sept. 2016, which presented a practicable plan for incorporating affordable social housing into the Sde Dov Master Plan – allocating 10% of the units for public housing and 25% for affordable housing. This was followed by continual and watchful monitoring of the procedures regarding the Sde Dov project. In March 2020 the Tel Aviv Regional Planning & Construction Committe finally approved the Sde Dov plan allocating 2,400 publicly owned affordable housing units and 4,500 privately owned 'special' units that may be developed as long term rental affordable housing.
Impacting national and local policies
Requiring the inclusion of directives for effective affordable housing in comprehensive municipal outline plans
In accordance with the Directives of National Outline Plan 35 (תמ"א 35) - Position paper sent to planning agencies and decision makers. (2017)
Affordable Housing in Urban Renewal
In cooperation with the Government Authority for Urban Renewal the IAHC conducted a workshop to analyze the possibility to create new affordable housing within urban regeneration plans. (2019)