The Israeli government's lust for population transfer and displacement knows no bounds! Those Zionists won't stop until they've moved every single person around like the Levant is a Risk board.
...wait, wha? It's actually ultra-efficient, beneficent and stimulative eminent domain policy that would make any urban planner squeal with delight? And it's happening in Tel Aviv?
Unlike San Francisco, Tel Aviv has taken steps to mitigate the effects of the new arrivals on existing residents, chiefly through a program known as Pinui Binui—Vacate and Build. What it means, in practice, is that private real-estate developers are invited to raze old and decrepit housing in places like Neve Sharett—where the average apartment size in the three-story housing blocks is just 540 cramped square feet—and erect luxury high-rises. The original owners are given new apartments, and the rest of the units are sold off at market price.Right now, six apartment blocks—450 apartments—have been vacated to make way for nearly 1,200 new ones. But Tel Aviv has already approved Pinui Binui plans for the entire neighborhood of Neve Sharett—all 3,000 apartments, which house about 7,500 people. The city has also announced that it is eyeing the neighborhood of south Florentin—another impoverished and neglected area—for the next major Pinui Binui push.
Really, this is no worse than anything that's been done under Kelo. Frankly, it's better on a great many levels, not least of which that this is more akin to NYC's own development policy (see Sugar, Domino) than it is to any sort of spin Mondowuss is sure to try and fling on this. This incentivizes major capital investment from heavyweight companies while creating more and better housing stock. It improves density, and in concert with green spaces and efficient planning, that's actually better for the environment.
Win-win, eh?
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