The Israel Cabinet today approved a project for the construction of 3,000 housing units in agricultural settlements throughout the country.
The Labor Ministry has prepared a separate project for the building of an additional 15,000 units in the next few months. The major portion of these units will be erected in urban areas. The cost of this plan is estimated at 10,000,000 pounds.
Meanwhile, contracts totalling some 3,000,000 pounds have already been signed for 750 homes. Two-thirds of this number will be built in Tel Aviv and the remainder in Jerusalem.
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