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25th Knesset · outgoing

Public Housing Law (Purchase Rights) (Amendment – Extension of Validity and Adding Criteria for Purchasing the Apartment) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הדיור הציבורי (זכויות רכישה) (תיקון - הארכת תוקף והוספת תבחינים לרכישת הדירה)

TL;DRA proposal to extend the validity of rights to purchase public housing apartments and to add conditions to prevent exploitation.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Public Housing (Purchase Rights) Law of 1998 in three ways: extending the period of purchase rights by three additional years; adding a requirement to live in the apartment for 10 years (instead of 5 years); a prohibition on selling or renting the apartment for 10 years from the day of purchase. The proposal is intended for those eligible for public housing, in order to reduce the depletion and exploitation of weak populations.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: June 7, 2023

The votes on this bill

Passed63 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 57 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 11 · Absent 21
ShasFor 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismFor 3 · Absent 4
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidFor 16 · Absent 8
Yisrael BeytenuFor 5 · Absent 1
Ra'amFor 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 3 · Absent 2
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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