NOP 38 will continue even after the expiry of its deadline in May next year - so he decided to chairman of the National Council for Planning and Construction , Zeev Bielski , who also serves as Chairman of the Government Housing. This Bielski adopted the position of the Government Authority for Urban Renewal , controversy arose intelligence and planning Authority, for the continued operation of the program for strengthening buildings against earthquakes.

Tama 38, National Master Plan for strengthening buildings against earthquakes, approved in 2005, but every 5 years to renew it. On May 18, next year the program will expire, if not renew it within the framework of the National Council for Planning and Construction - she ceases to exist .

As part of correspondence was revealed last month, proved Planning Authority's position against the continued existence of the program in its current form. This is a letter written by Mr. Benjamin Arbib from the legal department of planning administration, attorneys Yitzhak Bentowitz and Avraham Shalom Chamber of Lawyers which states that "the professional opinion of the Planning Authority is that this time there is no justification to extend further the validity period of the plan in its current form. And prefer a more optimal design through detailed plans for urban regeneration and urban renewal, which will examine and arrange the whole design compounds, including the needs of the public and other planning aspects, on the field strengths permit Tama 38 ".

Almost simultaneously released director of the Planning Authority, Dalit Zilber , statements in a similar vein. Things, recall, were made against the background of increasingly limits imposed by municipalities on the plan developers, accompanied by complaints about the plan raises many problems in urban planning and entrepreneurial receive due exemption betterment taxes.

Provoked a major storm foremost among entrepreneurs and professionals working in the field, and apartment owners who plan to join the program, but also within the government. Urban Renewal Authority responded that it favors extending the deadline of the plan 38, and that it sees as an important tool for urban renewal and reinforcement apartments