Giora Josephthal, Housing Minister, told a Housing Ministry executive meeting today that the Ministry would increase immigrant housing by 300 percent in the first six months of 1962. He added that if the pace of immigration increased, the building program would be speeded up to keep pace.
He reported that the number of housing units for new immigrants would reach 20,000 in the current fiscal year. He said his Ministry had provided 12,000 units during 1961 compared with an original plan for only 6,500 units.
Starting this month, he said, the Ministry will turn over to newcomers 1,500 units a month, compared with the 500 a month originally planned. He also stressed that there would not be any renewal of construction of asbestos huts for new immigrants, adding that the Housing Ministry had not built a single dwelling of that type during 1961.
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