Jerusalem, 11 November, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Ministry of Construction and Housing will allocate 135 million Shekels ($42 million) to promote a new initiative to establish public institutions, “strengthen the old fabric, and promote urban renewal” in what it called “economically unviable” areas in the city of Beer Sheva, as part of the government’s policy to “strengthen the old cities and develop the southern and Negev metropolis.”
70 million Shekels ($21 million) will be allocated for the planning and construction of multipurpose public institutions, as well as for the construction and adaptation of public institutions in the city’s old fabric, spread over the years 2026–2027.
34 million Shekels ($10.5 million) will be allocated for new public buildings in the city, in 2026–2027.
5 million Shekels ($1.55 million) will be allocated to prepare policy documents for urban renewal in the city’s neighborhoods, as part of the overall planning for the development of the urban space.