Should the law cap rents, or should the focus be on increasing housing supply?
Rent control
Without rent control and without rental housing at a controlled price, housing stays out of reach for many households
More supply, fewer barriers
The solution is increasing supply and removing planning barriers; price controls will only shrink supply
Most lists propose a mix of increasing supply and targeted assistance, such as discounted apartments and grants. The placement here measures only the stance on rent control versus increasing supply.
"Said" is the platform, and statements and posts by the list's candidates. "Did" is plenum votes, bills and recorded acts in the 25th Knesset. The placement rests on all the evidence together. The votes are the outgoing Knesset's, not the 26th's.
רק
BeYachad
Mixed position, or evidence pointing both ways· Partial evidence
מפלגת ביחד הכינה תכנית עבודה לפתרון מבוססת על שינוי מבני עמוק: נגדיל משמעותית של ההיצע, נקצר דרמטית של תהליכי התכנון והרישוי, נעביר את הסמכויות לרשויות המקומיות, נבנה 100,000 דירות לשכירות ארוכת טווח, ונעניק הטבות ייעודיות למשרתי מילואים ולמתיישבים בפריפריה.
Translation: “The BeYachad party has prepared a work plan for a solution based on deep structural change: we will significantly increase supply, we will dramatically shorten planning and licensing processes, we will transfer powers to local authorities, we will build 100,000 apartments for long-term rent, and we will grant dedicated benefits to reservists and to settlers in the periphery.”
The parliamentary record here is that of the Yesh Atid faction in the 25th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's party did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Yesh Atid faction in the 25th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's party did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
1 plenum vote · Official record
Toward: Rent controlMarch 6, 2023
21 of the list's MKs voted: 21 for, 0 against. For = to cap rent increases by law
8 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
The parliamentary record here is that of the Labor faction in the 25th Knesset. Meretz did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Labor faction in the 25th Knesset. Meretz did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
8 bills on the issue · Official recordA bill whose direction is clear from its title counts toward the placement. A bill whose direction is unclear is shown as context only.
Context onlyJune 7, 2023
A bill filed by the list's MKs: "Public Housing Law (Purchase Rights) (Amendment – Extension of Validity) Bill, 2022". Extending purchase rights in public housing is targeted assistance, and does not decide between price controls and increasing supply.
The list's MKs filed 8 bills on this subject, 1.0% of the 772 bills they filed in the 25th Knesset. Among them: Tenants' Rights in Public Housing Law (Amendment – Right to Live in a Public Housing Apartment for Women Who Stayed in a Shelter for Battered Women) Bill, 2022; Allocation of Apartments for Affordable Housing and Public Housing Bill, 2022; Hire and Loan Law (Amendment – Restriction on Rent Increases) Bill, 2022.
מחל
Likud
Not enough evidence to place it
Said
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
The only votes found are expected rejections of the rival bloc's bills in a preliminary reading, which do not indicate a position. Likud has not published a platform since 1999, so there is no platform to check here. The documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
1 plenum vote · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: More supply, fewer barriersRoutine rejection, low weightMarch 6, 2023
21 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 21 against. For = to cap rent increases by law
Leaning toward More supply, fewer barriers· Weak evidence
Said
1 statement in the media · 1 toward "More supply, fewer barriers"
תכניות 'מע"מ אפס' ו'מחיר למשתכן' ותוכניות אחרות שהופעלו, לא רק שלא הורידו את מחירי הדיור, מחיריהן הרקיעו לשמים, והגיעו לשיא של כמעט 170 משכורות ממוצעות לדירה ממוצעת, אל מול 80 בלבד בסוף תקופת כהונתי הקודמת באוצר.
Translation: “The 'Zero VAT' and 'Buyer's Price' programs and other programs that were implemented not only did not lower housing prices, their prices skyrocketed, and reached a peak of almost 170 average salaries for an average apartment, compared with only 80 at the end of my previous term at the Finance Ministry.”
1 statement in the media · Published in the list's name
Toward: More supply, fewer barriers
״תכניות 'מע"מ אפס' ו'מחיר למשתכן' ותוכניות אחרות שהופעלו, לא רק שלא הורידו את מחירי הדיור, מחיריהן הרקיעו לשמים, והגיעו לשיא של כמעט 170 משכורות ממוצעות לדירה ממוצעת, אל מול 80 בלבד בסוף תקופת כהונתי הקודמת באוצר.״
Translated from Hebrew: “The 'Zero VAT' and 'Buyer's Price' programs and other programs that were implemented not only did not lower housing prices, their prices skyrocketed, and reached a peak of almost 170 average salaries for an average apartment, compared with only 80 at the end of my previous term at the Finance Ministry.”
10 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
The current list is a technical bloc of Religious Zionism with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, which did not sit in the 25th Knesset. The voting data reflects Religious Zionism only.
Note: The current list is a technical bloc of Religious Zionism with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, which did not sit in the 25th Knesset. The voting data reflects Religious Zionism only.
1 plenum vote · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: More supply, fewer barriersRoutine rejection, low weightMarch 6, 2023
6 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 6 against. For = to cap rent increases by law
הבטחת דיור ציבורי לכל חסרי הדיור, פיקוח על שכר הדירה כך שלא יעלה על 20% מההכנסה המשפחתית, השבת חוק הדיור הציבורי, עיבוי התקציבים ובנייה מסיבית של יחידות דיור להשכרה או לרכישה במחיר מוזל באמצעות חברות ממשלתיות.
Translation: “Guaranteeing public housing for all those without housing, rent control so that rent does not exceed 20% of family income, reinstating the Public Housing Law, increasing budgets and massive construction of housing units for rent or for purchase at a reduced price through government companies.”
11 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
The parliamentary record here is that of the Hadash–Ta'al faction in the 25th Knesset only. Balad did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Hadash–Ta'al faction in the 25th Knesset only. Balad did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
11 bills on the issue · Official recordA bill whose direction is clear from its title counts toward the placement. A bill whose direction is unclear is shown as context only.
Context only
The list's MKs filed 11 bills on this subject, 1.8% of the 618 bills they filed in the 25th Knesset. Among them: Administrative Offenses Law (Amendment – Abolition of Planning and Building Fines) Bill, 2022; Hire and Loan Law (Amendment – Extension of the Rental Period During a State of Emergency) Bill, 2022; Tenants' Rights in Public Housing Law (Amendment – Eligibility for a Single Mother Receiving Child Support Payments from the National Insurance Institute) Bill, 2022.
ג
United Torah Judaism
Firm position: More supply, fewer barriers· Partial evidence
21 bills on the issue · 1 toward "More supply, fewer barriers" · 1 context only
A bill filed by the list's MKs: "Increasing the Housing Supply in Local Authorities (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 2025". The bill promotes increasing the housing supply, not price controls.
1 plenum vote · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: More supply, fewer barriersRoutine rejection, low weightMarch 6, 2023
5 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 5 against. For = to cap rent increases by law
באזורי הביקוש נמקד ונצפף את הבנייה סביב תחנות תחבורה ציבורית עתירות-קיבולת, ברדיוס הליכה מהתחנה, נעודד עירוב שימושים של מגורים, שירותים ציבוריים, תעסוקה ומסחר, ונמנף את השבחת הקרקע סביב התחנות למימון התשתיות. כך נגדיל את ההיצע במקום שבו הביקוש אמיתי ונקצר את זמני הנסיעה למוקדי התעסוקה.
Translation: “In high-demand areas we will focus and densify construction around high-capacity public transport stations, within walking distance of the station, encourage mixed uses of housing, public services, employment and commerce, and leverage the rise in land value around the stations to fund infrastructure. That way we will increase supply where demand is real and shorten commuting times to employment centres.”
2 platform sections · Published in the list's name · from 2 sources
Toward: More supply, fewer barriersOctober 8, 2026
״באזורי הביקוש נמקד ונצפף את הבנייה סביב תחנות תחבורה ציבורית עתירות-קיבולת, ברדיוס הליכה מהתחנה, נעודד עירוב שימושים של מגורים, שירותים ציבוריים, תעסוקה ומסחר, ונמנף את השבחת הקרקע סביב התחנות למימון התשתיות. כך נגדיל את ההיצע במקום שבו הביקוש אמיתי ונקצר את זמני הנסיעה למוקדי התעסוקה.״
Translated from Hebrew: “In high-demand areas we will focus and densify construction around high-capacity public transport stations, within walking distance of the station, encourage mixed uses of housing, public services, employment and commerce, and leverage the rise in land value around the stations to fund infrastructure. That way we will increase supply where demand is real and shorten commuting times to employment centres.”
From the platform the list published. From the housing plan on the list's website.
״נפעיל כלים משולבים שיביאו להאצת בנייה משמעותית ופתיחת צוואר הבקבוק במעבר בין תכנון לתחילת בנייה.״
Translated from Hebrew: “We will deploy combined tools that will bring about a significant acceleration of construction and the opening of the bottleneck in the transition from planning to the start of construction.”
From the platform the list published. As reported by ynet on the list's housing plan.
The only votes found are expected rejections of the rival bloc's bills in a preliminary reading, which do not indicate a position. The platform description and the documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were also checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
1 plenum vote · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: More supply, fewer barriersRoutine rejection, low weightMarch 6, 2023
6 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 6 against. For = to cap rent increases by law
נרחיב התחדשות עירונית בערים וביישובים בקצוות הארץ, תוך שילוב בין הגדלת היצע הדיור לבין מיגון וחיזוק התשתיות.
Translation: “We will expand urban renewal in cities and communities at the edges of the country, combining an increase in the housing supply with protection and the reinforcement of infrastructure.”
״נרחיב התחדשות עירונית בערים וביישובים בקצוות הארץ, תוך שילוב בין הגדלת היצע הדיור לבין מיגון וחיזוק התשתיות.״
Translated from Hebrew: “We will expand urban renewal in cities and communities at the edges of the country, combining an increase in the housing supply with protection and the reinforcement of infrastructure.”
The only votes found are expected rejections of the rival bloc's bills in a preliminary reading, which do not indicate a position. Shas has not published a platform since 2013, so there is no platform to check here. The documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
1 plenum vote · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: More supply, fewer barriersRoutine rejection, low weightMarch 6, 2023
10 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 10 against. For = to cap rent increases by law
