Emergency conference of international experts on dealing with overcrowding is being held tomorrow for the first time in Israel. In the coming year Israel will number about 10 million people, while in the past 80 years Israel's population has grown more than 10-fold.
The gap between the pace and number of building completions and the demand for housing units is widening – as of 2021, the gap stands at about 30%. Israel will require an addition of about 55,13 housing units each year, according to the forecast of housing needs.