„ 3 f4; t ■ 1.12 Accommodates Immigrants in Hotels ss By JERRY CHESLOW JERUSALEM—"The hous- ing shortage is Israel's num- ber one problem today," de- clared Uzi Narkiss, director general of the Jewish Agency department of immigration and absorption. Severe before the Yom Kippur War, the problem has been further aggravated by a near halt to construction since the outbreak of hostili- ties. Meanwhile, the Jewish Agency wil be working on 14 programs, at a cost of $329,- 000,000, to achieve a. more long-range solution to the housing crisis. Of that sum, $9,500,000 has been set aside for the Jewish Agency's first construction for the unmarried; 1,000 one- room apartments are to be built to help single people who often leave the country because they cannot find adequate, inexpensive hous- ing. The most costly of the other 13 projects is a $138,- 500,000 allocation for the con- struction of 7,000 dwelling units for families. Two of the other budget items are $32,000,000 for rent subsidies For the department of im- migration and absorption, which will have to quarter the 100,000 newcomers ex- ted in the next year and nalf, it has meant that people who were to move from absorption centers are still waiting for their apart- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ments to be completed. With immigration going on apace, this has resulted in an over- crowding of the department's temporary housing facilities. To relieve this pressure, the Jewish Agency has rent- ed 20 hotels and rest homes for use • as absorption cen- ters. These facilities are al- ready at 85 per cent capa- city and are expected to be filled this month at which time other measures will have to be taken in order to accommodate new arrivals. According to Narkiss, some of the measures will call for sacrifices on the part of im- migrants.. Some will be asked to move into incomplete apartments. Others will have to remain in temporary hous- ing for six months to one year while more permanent quarters can be arranged. OPEN SUNDAY 12 to 51 WEEK NIGHTS 'til 9 k Religious Programs Launched for Sovi et Olim in . NEW YORK—A series of to immigrants who find their own apartments on the con- siderably more expensive, private market and $22,000,- 000 for long-term, low-in- terest mortgage loans. Although the projects have been planned and the funds allocated for them, whether the workers will be available to complete them in the allotted time depends on the military situation. `Jews Handle Most Japan Goods in U.S.' NEW YORK (ZINS)—Ac- cording to reliable estimates, more than 50 per cent of all Japanese products sold in the United States are han- dled by Jewishly-owed firms. Friday, January 4, 1974-3 new programs in the after- math of the Yom Kippur War have been launched by the Russian Immigrant Rescue Fund, the major Orthodox Jewish agency in the field of religious aid to these olim. According to a report by the chairman of the Israeli committee of the Russian Immigrant Rescue Fund, Meier David Lewenstein of Tel Aviv, these new projects include increased home visi- tations "especially to the 'olim' families that feel lost because their breadwinner is away at the front." Since its inception two years ago at a national con- vention of Agudath Israel of America, the Russian Immi- grant Rescue Fund has spent millions of pounds to provide W ake of War help the work of this agency and not allow the olim to "succumb to the shattering experience of war tensions while acclimating to their new life." 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