Court Halts Eviction of Family from Public Housing, but Apartment Already Emptied

The court froze the eviction of the Amram family from their public housing in Beit Shemesh, but the Execution Authority had already removed half of the apartment's contents. The family, including two children aged 12 and 13, received an eviction order after about five years of suspension. The couple claims they have no money for rent and that they approached authorities without response. The Execution Authority intends to appeal the postponement.

The court ordered a halt to the eviction of the Amram family from their public housing home in Beit Shemesh, but the Execution Authority had already removed half of the apartment's contents. Dudu Amram (40) said the Execution Authority broke the lock and the cabinets, threw belongings into bags, including holy books, and left the family on the street. The family, including his wife Moran (40) and their two children aged 12 and 13, received an eviction order in recent weeks, part of a wave of evictions after about five years of suspension. The Execution Authority arrived on Wednesday, and the family tried to arrange their rights without success. One of the children is celebrating his bar mitzvah this month, and Moran said that instead of preparing for the school year, the children are watching their home being broken apart. The family received food vouchers worth only 500 shekels. The eviction order was supposed to take effect from Monday, but Amram, without legal aid, convinced the court to freeze the eviction for a month. The Execution Authority intends to appeal the decision. The family lives in an apartment where Moran's grandmother and mother lived, and she has lived there all her life. Moran was defined as a trespasser, and the Ministry of Housing and Amidar company have issued eviction orders since 2022. Social services approached the Ministry of Housing for assistance, but to no avail. The Public Defender's Office refused to help, and legal clinics are closed for the recess. Private legal aid would cost tens of thousands of shekels, an unattainable sum for them.