The Battle Over Public Housing | One a Day
The N12 podcast 'One a Day' examines the struggle over public housing in Israel. In the 1970s, a quarter of apartments were public; today, less than 1%. A 1998 law allowing tenants' children to purchase apartments at a discount was frozen and expired in 2023. The report interviews Sigal Anania, who is waiting for an apartment, and Yaron Hoffman-Dishon, a housing policy researcher at the Adva Center.
The N12 podcast 'One a Day' focuses on the struggle over public housing in Israel, just before the Knesset was dissolved. The report notes that a law allowing tenants' children to buy their apartments at a discount, which was a hope for thousands of people, was blocked. In the 1970s, a quarter of apartments in Israel were public; today they constitute less than 1%. The law promoted by MK Ran Cohen in 1998 was frozen 15 years ago in the Arrangements Law and expired in 2023. The report speaks with Sigal Anania, who has been waiting for an apartment for years, and with Yaron Hoffman-Dishon, a housing policy researcher at the Adva Center. The central questions: when did public housing disappear, was this a planned policy, and how can one be eligible for an apartment and wait for years.