This portal presents information regarding the rights and benefits connected to housing for people with disabilities, both for those living at home and those living outside the home.
Modern society recognizes the rights and benefits of integrating people with disabilities into the community in general, and of furthering independent living in specific. Accordingly, there are many rights and benefits that should make it easier for a person with a disability within the housing sector.
Assistance in Purchasing Housing
Rental Assistance
Public Housing
Municipal Property Tax (Arnona) Relief
- Municipal Property Tax (Arnona) Discount for People with Disabilities
- Municipal Property Tax (Arnona) Discount for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Municipal Property Tax (Arnona) Discount for Parents of a Child with Disabilities
- Municipal Property Tax (Arnona) Discount for Long-Term Care Benefit Recipients
- Municipal property tax (arnona) discount for disabled prisoners of Zion
- Municipal property tax (arnona) discount for those disabled in the war against the Nazis
- Municipal Property Tax (Arnona) Discount for Cancer Patients
- Municipal property tax (arnona) discount for disabled work disability victims
Purchase Tax and Income Tax Relief
- Purchase Tax Discount on Residential Property for People with Disabilities
- Purchase Tax Discount on Residential Property for Children with 100% Disability
- Purchase tax discount for those disabled in war against the Nazis
- Purchase tax discount for work disability victims
- Purchase tax discount for those who became disabled as the result of a road accident
- Income Tax Credit for a Child in Housing Outside the Home
- Income Tax Credit for a Parent or Spouse Living in an Institution
Discount on the Israel Lands Administration Consent Fee
- Discount on the Israel Lands Administration Consent Fee for People with Disabilities
- Discount on the Israel Lands Administration Consent Fee for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Discount on the Israel Lands Administration Consent Fee for Work Accident Victims
- Discount on the Israel Lands Administration Consent Fee for Disabled IDF Vetrans
- Discount on Consent Fees for Victims of Hostile Acts
- Discount on the Israel Lands Administration Consent Fee for Holocaust Survivors
Water Bill Benefit (High Rate Discount)
- Water Bill Benefit for Disabled Child Benefit Recipients (High Rate Discount)
- Water Bill Benefit for Mobility Benefit Recipients (High Rate Discount)
- Water Bill Benefit for Disability Pension Recipients (High Rate Discount)
- Water Bill Benefit for Special Services Benefit (Attendance Allowance) Recipients (High Rate Discount)
- Water Bill Benefit for Old Age Disability Pension Recipients (High Rate Discount)
- Water Bill Benefit for Long-Term Care Benefit Recipients (High Rate Discount)
Electricity Bill Discount
Discount on Telephone Services
- Discount on Bezeq Telephone Fees for People with Disabilities
- Discount on Bezeq Telephone Fees for Disabled Child Benefit Recipients
- Discount on Bezeq Telephone Fees for Old Age Disability Pension Recipients
- Telephone fee benefits for those disabled in the war against the Nazis
- Discount on Bezeq Telephone Fees for Blind and Visually Impaired Children
- Discount on Bezeq telephone fees for the blind and visually impaired
- Discount on Bezeq telephone fees for dialysis patients
Assistance Living at Home
People with Limited Mobility
Making Adjustments to the Common Area in a Building
- Accommodations for People with Disabilities in a Shared Home
- Accommodations for people with disabilities in a joint building that requires the consent of the other tenants
- [[he:התאמות לאנשים עם מוגבלויות בבית משותף שאינן טעונות הסכמת הדיירים|Accommodations for people with disabilities in a joint building that don't require the consent of the tenants.
- Handicapped Parking in a Joint Building
Senior Citizens
Mentally Ill
Intellectual Disabilities
- [:he:[השמה בדיור חוץ ביתי לאנשים עם מוגבלות שכלית התפתחותית|Housing Options Outside of the Home]]
- [:he:[מסגרות דיור בקהילה לאנשים עם מוגבלות שכלית התפתחותית| Community Housing]]
- Institutional Frameworks
- Foster Families
Other Populations
Companies that Provide Rental Assistance Services
- MGAR: *8583
- Matan Chen: 1-800-33306
- Amidar: *6266
- List of addresses and phone numbers of branches of companies that provide services to those seeking rental assistance
Aid organizations
- For a list of aid organizations to help people with disabilities with housing
- For a list of aid organizations with housing.
- For a list of aid organizations for people with disabilities
Government agencies
- The Ministry of Construction and Housing
- The Ministry of Health
- The Israel Tax Authority
- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services
- The National Insurance Institute
- Local authorities
Court Rulings
- Family members of disabled people can obtain financial assistance towards housing costs if their disabled family member lives with them
- The criteria for the allocation of public housing to people with disabilities are not discriminatory
- An elderly person who is a ward of the state and childless may not be forced to live in an institutional arrangement against his/her will
Laws & Regulations
- The Supervision of Institutional Residences Law
- The Housing Loans Law
- State Economic Arrangements Regulations (Municipal Property Tax Discounts)
- Land Taxation Regulations (Appreciation, Sale, and Purchase) (Purchase Tax)
- The National Insurance Law
Additional publications
- The Knesset Research and Information Center: Housing Solutions for Children with Physical Disabilities
- The Government Services and Information Portal: Housing for People with Disabilities
- The National Insurance Institute website: Assistance from the Ministry of Construction and Housing for Disabled Housing
Credits
- Original translation performed by The Shira Pransky Project as part of a grant from The Fellowship Fund.