Work will soon be underway on the new chareidi city of
Charish on land reserves located near Highway 6 in the Hadera
area, following exerted efforts by the heads of Binyan Sholem
to obtain government approval.
Zoned for 30,000 housing units, Charish is the seventh of the
famous Seven Stars projects that former PM Ariel Sharon
proposed nearly a decade ago. Just now it received the go-
ahead from the Prime Minister's Office, the Finance Ministry,
the Housing Ministry and the Israel Lands Authority.
In the first phase, thousands of housing units will be built,
in addition to infrastructures and regional development work.
Charish is in the highest classification of national priority
rankings, making apartment buyers and investors who create
local jobs eligible for exceptional benefits.
Charish is situated in a central, accessible part of the
country just a 40-minute drive from Bnei Brak and less than
an hour from Jerusalem. The city is close to the Trans-Israel
Highway and an interchange will be built, providing direct
access to the chareidi housing project.
After years of waiting and pressure applied by Binyan Sholem,
a housing company founded by Degel HaTorah of Jerusalem,
government officials finally reached a decision that will
provide a long-term alternative to help solve the housing
crisis. According to the government decision Charish will be
eligible for preferential treatment in terms of
infrastructures, transportation, employment and
construction.
Binyan Sholem has already started a sign-up list for
potential apartment purchasers.
Ranking construction industry officials say the apartments
will be offered at attractive prices in the tradition of
Binyan Sholem and provisions will be made for employment
solutions and extensive local infrastructures.
Binyan Sholem heads Rabbi Moshe Frank and Rabbi Menachem
Blumenthal were very pleased with the decision, saying it
brings to a close the long, arduous task of persuading all of
the government entities to allocate land reserves to the
chareidi sector. They say that at Charish emphasis will be
placed on careful city planning to provide for all of the
needs of the chareidi public, such as extensive public space
designated for Torah and educational institutions and
botei knesses.
