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Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Special Continuing Tenant), 5784-2024

חוק זכויות הדייר בדיור הציבורי (הוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (דייר ממשיך מיוחד), תשפ"ד-2024

Published: 2024-02-28Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2024-02-29 · Last amended 2024-02-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Definitions and Interpretation§

1.
(a)In this Law –

"family member" – a spouse, including one who is publicly known as a spouse, a child or a parent;

"special continuing tenant" – a spouse of an eligible person who died no later than the end of the period of validity of the declaration of a special situation in the rear, or of an eligible person who moved to reside in a nursing institution during that period, including one who is publicly known as that person's spouse, and also that person's child, grandchild, parent, or a person of whom the eligible person was the guardian, provided that all of the following apply in relation to that person:

(1)the person resided with the eligible person in the public housing unit on the eve of the eligible person's death or on the eve of the date on which the eligible person moved to reside in the nursing institution, and continues to reside in it at the time of submission of the application pursuant to the provisions of section 3;
(2)the person is a family member of someone who was killed as a result of the hostile actions or the military operations, or the person is a family member of someone who has been determined pursuant to section 3 of the Allowances Law to be a hostage or missing person as a result of the hostile actions or the military operations;
(3)the person has no dwelling;

"declaration of a special situation in the rear" – the declaration of a special situation in the rear as defined in the Civil Defence Law, 5711-1951, of the 22nd day of Tishrei 5784 (7 October 2023);

"Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law" – the Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law, 5758-1998;

"Allowances Law" – the Allowances for Family Members of Hostages and Missing Persons in a Hostile Action Law, 5784-2023;

"has no dwelling" – as its meaning in the rules under section 2(b);

"hostile actions or military operations" – the hostile actions or the significant military operations that occurred during the period from the date of the declaration of a special situation in the rear until the end of the period of validity of that declaration;

"significant military operations" – the significant military operations upon which the Ministerial Committee for National Security Affairs decided pursuant to section 40 of Basic Law: The Government, and of which it gave notice to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset on the 23rd day of Tishrei 5784 (8 October 2023).

(b)Every term in this Law shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law.

Right of Lease in Public Housing for a Special Continuing Tenant§

2.
(a)Without derogating from the provisions of the Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law, the Ministry of Construction and Housing may approve a special continuing tenant who has submitted an application therefor during the period referred to in section 3, to continue to reside in the same public housing unit in which the person resides, as a lessee, in accordance with the provisions under the Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law (hereinafter – special continuing tenant approval).
(b)A special continuing tenant approval shall be granted having regard to the social, economic or medical situation of the applicant, and for a period not exceeding six years, all in accordance with the provisions to be prescribed for this matter in the rules.
(c)The Ministry of Construction and Housing may approve a special continuing tenant to reside in a different public housing unit whose area differs from the public housing unit in which the person resides, in accordance with the rules, provided that for the purpose of such an approval during a period of three years from the date of submission of the application – the consent of the special continuing tenant has been obtained therefor.
(d)A special continuing tenant who has been granted an approval pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be regarded as an eligible person for the purposes of section 3 of the Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law.
(e)Rules referred to in subsection (a) shall be published on the website of the Ministry of Construction and Housing within one month of the date of publication of this Law.

Date for Submission of Application§

3.
(a)An application under section 2 shall be submitted to the Ministry of Construction and Housing within six months of one of the following dates, whichever is the later:
(1)the date of death of the eligible person or the date of the eligible person's move to a nursing institution as referred to in paragraph (1) of the definition of "special continuing tenant";
(2)the date on which the applicant's family member was killed as referred to in paragraph (2) of the definition of "special continuing tenant", or was determined to be a hostage or missing person as referred to in that paragraph;
(3)the date of commencement of this Law.
(b)The Ministry of Construction and Housing shall notify the applicant within 45 days of the date of submission of the application whether the applicant met the rules and of the ways to object to or appeal the decision in the applicant's matter.

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