Housing and construction

The law establishes a comprehensive arrangement for the transport and treatment of waste in Israel.

The law provides that a local authority ranked 1-5 on the periphery index, which received a balancing grant from the Ministry of Interior in each of the three years preceding the submission of the application, may ask the Israel Land Authority to allocate it land within its jurisdiction for the establishment and operation of a project for producing electricity from energy…

It was provided that a residential land designation will be regarded as also including balance houses (a treatment setting for people coping with mental illness), in addition to other rehabilitative treatment settings for people coping with mental illness already included today under the law.

The law provides that a local authority ranked 1-5 on the periphery index, which received a balancing grant from the Ministry of Interior in each of the three years preceding the submission of the application, may ask the Israel Land Authority to allocate it land within its jurisdiction for the establishment and operation of a project for producing electricity from energy…

A proposal to give preference to active reservists in allocating land in the periphery for self-build and housing, at rates of 50% and 10% respectively.

The bill requires planning institutions to ensure appropriate representation of women in their membership.

The law provides that a local authority ranked 1-5 on the periphery index, which received a balancing grant from the Ministry of Interior in each of the three years preceding the submission of the application, may ask the Israel Land Authority to allocate it land within its jurisdiction for the establishment and operation of a project for producing electricity from energy…

A bill to require building plans to ensure shading of at least 50% of public space, with priority for trees and vegetation.

A proposal to establish a special committee to advance planning and construction in Druze communities, as a temporary provision for five years.

A bill to transfer planning and building powers for residential plots from district committees to local committees, while expanding the permitted building volumes.

A proposal to grant women who left a shelter for battered women the right to live in public housing, without an economic needs test.

The proposal gives women leaving a shelter for battered women the right to live in public housing.

The amendment renews for a limited time the powers of local committees to approve plans regarding matters that were classified as variances under previous law.

The proposal grants priority to active reservists and IDF disabled veterans in purchasing land in the periphery for construction and housing.

The bill allows local authorities to grant a full or partial exemption from betterment levies for energy storage facilities.

It was provided that a residential land designation will be regarded as also including balance houses (a treatment setting for people coping with mental illness), in addition to other rehabilitative treatment settings for people coping with mental illness already included today under the law.

A proposal to allocate land in the Negev and the Galilee to discharged soldiers free of charge for building homes, without transferring ownership.

A proposal to allocate land in the Negev and the Galilee to discharged soldiers and those who served in national-civic service for building homes, free of charge.