600 families are waiting for housing in Carmiel to become available.
Deputy Mayor of Carmiel: ‘This is a powder keg.’
By Maayana Miskin
There is a desperate shortage of public housing in the city of Carmiel in northern Israel, and if something is not done soon, some families on the waiting list may take “extreme measures,” Deputy Mayor of Carmiel Rina Greenberg warned Wednesday in an interview with Arutz Sheva.
Most of the roughly 600 families waiting for public housing are immigrant families, she said. Some have been waiting for as long as 15 years.
In the meantime, the families receive a housing stipend from the government, but it often does not cover the cost of rent. Continue Reading »
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