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More senior citizens, most areas of demand: crisis or opportunity?

Due to the increase in life expectancy, the population of senior citizens in Israel has increased, which ensures the growth of another arm in the housing crisis.

There is a solution to this, and as always, the key is in the hands of the state.

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Danish Ivory, guest column

Tuesday, 09 November 2021, 09:08 Updated: 10:05

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It was found that in cities with the highest demand for housing, the percentage of senior citizens is relatively high.

For example, about 15% of the population of Tel Aviv are senior citizens

According to CBS data recently published in honor of International Elderly Day, life expectancy in the third age group (senior citizens) is on the rise. Today, the average life expectancy is about 82 years. According to a study conducted for the National Insurance Institute, in 2065 life expectancy in Israel It will jump by almost 10 years to about 90 years. To this figure must be added the CBS expectation that by 2040 the population of senior citizens will reach about 2 million inhabitants, and here is a new housing crisis that no one is willing to take responsibility for.

Another figure published by the Central Bureau of Statistics relates to the proportion of the veteran population in large cities. It was found that in cities with the highest demand for housing, the percentage of senior citizens is relatively high. For example, about 15% of the population of Tel Aviv are senior citizens, similar data are also found in Holon, Rehovot, Rishon Lezion, Kfar Saba and more. Most of them live in city centers in old houses that are inaccessible to their needs.

In a few years' time, it seems that the percentage of the veteran population is growing in areas of demand, thus exacerbating the housing crisis.

In addition, living up to the age of 90-100 creates a situation in which the "children" on whom the burden of support and help for adults falls, are themselves senior citizens.

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The lesson we learned from the corona

In order to promote sheltered housing for all sections of the population, it is necessary for the planning authorities to allocate sheltered housing complexes in a wide variety of places

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One possible solution to the above two problems is sheltered housing. But there is a need for a perceptual change - sheltered housing should be for all sections of the population. Today only about 5% of senior citizens live in sheltered housing. In practice, many would be happy to make the move. In

order to promote sheltered housing for all sections of the population, it is necessary for planning authorities to allocate sheltered housing complexes in a wide variety of places - in city centers, in the periphery and in rural areas, at a variety of prices. Anyone who wants can move to sheltered housing, At the same time, the complexes must include a sufficient number of housing units to lower prices and make sheltered housing accessible to anyone who wants it all and can afford it.

A senior citizen who moves to sheltered housing is relocating a housing unit to a young family, thus increasing the supply of apartments in the city. As the state and authorities encourage sheltered housing and set up marketing centers where building rights are high and suitable for optimal planning, we will see a wider supply of apartments, in sought-after locations, that will provide a creative response to the housing crisis at least when it comes to residential solutions in aging city centers and neighborhoods. The transition to sheltered housing has created a supportive and suitable environment for the elderly, along with help in resolving the housing crisis for young people.

And it is impossible not to refer to the third age in the corona period. We learned in the last year that the most difficult problem in Corona was loneliness. Retirees who sat tucked away in their home regardless of friends, family and cultural, sports and leisure activities suffered badly. Sheltered housing enables high-level medical care and preventive care while maintaining vitality and an active social and routine life.

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