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25th Knesset · outgoing

Public Housing Law (Purchase Rights) (Amendment – Extension of Validity) Bill

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

TL;DRThe bill amends the public housing law, which is intended to allow tenants to buy their apartments.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill amends Section 20 of the Public Housing (Purchase Rights) Law of 1998, by changing the word "ten" to "twenty." The bill applies to public housing tenants who want to buy their residential apartments under the subsidized conditions that apply to them.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: June 7, 2023
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed61 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 59 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 10 · Absent 22
ShasFor 9 · Absent 2
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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Other bills with a similar name · 4Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.