Amidar (Company)
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Amidar is a state-owned housing company in Israel
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The company was founded in 1949. Its mission statement is "to be involved in construction projects, development, population and maintenance in Israel". It is a major provider of subsidized and rent-controlled housing, primarily for the lower socio-economic sector of the population.
Its major stock holders are the Jewish Agency for Israel
(50%), the Jewish National Fund
(20%) and the Israeli government (20%).
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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The company was founded in 1949. Its mission statement is "to be involved in construction projects, development, population and maintenance in Israel". It is a major provider of subsidized and rent-controlled housing, primarily for the lower socio-economic sector of the population.
Its major stock holders are the Jewish Agency for Israel
Jewish Agency for Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel , also known as the Sochnut or JAFI, served as the organization in charge of immigration and absorption of Jews from the Diaspora into the state of Israel.-History:...
(50%), the Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund
The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Palestine for Jewish settlement. The JNF is a quasi-governmental, non-profit organisation...
(20%) and the Israeli government (20%).