Thousands of young Chareidi couples who registered for the Dira B’Hanacha subsidized housing lotteries before the High Court barred bnei yeshivos from participating have received official notices from the Housing Ministry informing them that they have been removed from the lotteries.
The move marks a significant escalation, as these couples registered before the High Court issued its ruling but are now being removed retroactively.
Kol Chai reported that the next major question is what will happen to the thousands of applicants who have already won previous lotteries but have not yet reached the stage of selecting an apartment and signing a purchase agreement. In many cases, two, three, or even four years can pass between notification of winning a lottery and the signing of a contract.
According to the report, that question is now on the desk of the virulently anti-Chareidi Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon. Sources familiar with the matter say legal officials are currently examining whether they can revoke lottery wins even for applicants who have already been selected, provided they have not yet signed a purchase agreement.
At this stage, officials acknowledge that once a contract has been signed, there is no straightforward legal mechanism to revoke the award or alter rights that have already vested. However, those who have won a lottery but have not yet signed contracts are now at the center of the legal deliberations.
The Israel Land Authority held a committee meeting yesterday attended by Limon, and consultations are continuing ahead of a decision. If legal authorities determine that lottery wins can be revoked before contracts are signed, the move could affect thousands of Chareidi families who have already received notice that they won and have planned their financial future accordingly.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
6 Responses
Collective punishment; Anti-ChareIdy PERSECUTION – NOTHING TO DO WITH DRAFT!
it is not “persecution”, but simply removing the benefit, a random one at that. Someone will be zoche to learn Torah lishmah and not to get an apartment ahead of a soldier family.
Always; perhaps YOU should start learning Torah lishmah before defending the Anti-Torah Apartheid state!
AAQ – If legislation was passed in the US barring Blacks (a similar percentage of the population as Chareidim in Israel) from “Ginnie Mae” or “Freddy Mac” or whatever they call it in the US, would that be discrimination? Would that be constitutional? Why can’t you call a spade a spade? You only tolerate reshaim, not tzaddikim? The Chareidim who got these low-interest loans (not even handouts, but don’t let the facts bother you) got them because they are Israeli citizens. Nothing more. Not because they learn Torah Lishmah or Shelo Lishmah. Arabs also can qualify. But now not Chareidim.
AAQ – Until now I never saw such rishus on your part in any post. Think about what you wrote and what it really means.
David, absolutely! I learn, I believe, lishmah, without asking anyone to pay for my learning, and even without expecting YWN posters giving me any credit!