Is planning delay really a constraint in the provision of housing? Some evidence from Israel

Ziv Rubin; Daniel Felsenstein

doi:10.1111/pirs.12440

Is planning delay really a constraint in the provision of housing? Some evidence from Israel

Ziv Rubin^*, Daniel Felsenstein

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Department of Geography

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This paper revisits the claim that a causal link exists between the inflexibility of land-use planning and low elasticity of housing supply. A theoretical model of factors impacting district-level planning is presented alongside a model of the impact of planning delay on housing supply. The models are estimated for the Tel Aviv district using detailed data covering a 12-year period. Results show significant impacts on planning delay due to plan, municipality and district planning commission characteristics. House prices exert a positive effect on planning speed and municipal funding acts as a supply constraint. While planning delay does not impact housing supply, delay uncertainty has a negative impact and acts as a constraint.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2179-2200
Number of pages	22
Journal	Papers in Regional Science
Volume	98
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12440
State	Published - 1 Oct 2019

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Israeli housing market
housing supply
land-Use planning
spatial econometrics
zoning

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