חוק הדיור הציבורי (זכויות רכישה) (תיקון מס' 6), התשע"ו-2015Public Housing Law (Purchase Rights) (Amendment No. 6), 2015 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Public Housing (Purchase Rights) Law (Amendment No. 6), 2015, provides that in calculating the period of residence in a public housing unit for the purpose of determining eligibility to purchase the unit, periods of residence outside the public housing unit shall also be taken into account, if during such periods the tenant or the continuing tenant stayed in a shelter for battered women, or left the unit due to violence by her spouse. A condition for calculating such periods is that a judicial decision attesting to the existence of violence was given, or that special approval was given by the Department of Social Services confirming that the tenant is being treated by the department due to violence. Prior to this amendment, women who were forced to flee their public housing unit to a shelter for battered women or to various arrangements found in the community, and who therefore did not complete the condition for eligibility to purchase the public housing unit - namely, residing in the unit for five consecutive years - lost their eligibility to purchase the unit at a subsidized price under the conditions set out in the Law.

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Michal Rozin, Tamar Zandberg, Eitan Cabel, Stav Shaffir, Elazar Stern, Dov Khenin, Ofer Shelah, Orly Levi-Abekasis, Yakov Margi