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25th Knesset · outgoing

Public Housing (Purchase Rights) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הדיור הציבורי (זכויות רכישה)

TL;DRA proposal to re-enact the public housing law that allows tenants and their relatives to buy public housing apartments at a subsidized price.

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What does the bill do?

The bill proposes re-enacting the Public Housing (Purchase Rights) Law, which expired in February 2023. Eligible persons who have lived in a public housing apartment for at least five years may buy the apartment at a base price minus a conditional grant, according to family size and area (national priority or other). This bill also extends eligibility to a continuing tenant (a spouse, child or relative of an eligible person who died or moved to a nursing facility) who has lived in the apartment for at least three years. The proposed amendments include adding relatives of fallen soldiers and victims of hostile actions as eligible persons, updating amounts according to the rise in the construction index, and setting national priority areas.

Passed first readingFirst plenum vote: June 7, 2023

The votes on this bill

Passed26 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 94 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudFor 7 · Absent 25
ShasFor 3 · Absent 8
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 3 · Absent 21
Ra'amFor 2 · Absent 3
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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Other bills with a similar name · 4Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.