MK Dov Khenin (Photo: Al Ittihad)

Government rejects same-sex housing benefits law

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation unanimously rejected Sunday a bill that would enshrine in law married mortgage benefits for same-sex couples. The ministers saw “the proposal as unnecessary,” a cabinet statement said Sunday afternoon. The legislation was sponsored by MK Dov Khenin (Hadash).  “The time has come for equality to be anchored in distinct legislation,”…

"The people demands public housing" (Photo: Activestills)

MK Khenin criticizes Public-Housing Act

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash), chairman of the lobby of the right to housing in the Knesset, strongly attacked the approval of the public-housing act that would expand and extend the activities of the National Housing Committees. “Instead of analyzing the failure which is reflected by the lack of approved residential apartments and a complete absence…

Government aims to reduce public housing supply

Housing Minister Uri Ariel on Sunday said that the Housing and Finance ministries aim to significantly reduce the supply of public housing. Earlier Sunday, the Knesset’s Lobby for Public Housing asked the chairman of the Knesset’s Economic Affairs Committee, Avishay Braverman, to convene an urgent meeting saying the proposed measure would lead to “a drastic…

Court rules: No tent city in Tel-Aviv

In a blow to civil and social rights activists on Wednesday, the Tel Aviv District Court rejected a petition demanding rights to pitch a new protest tent city on Rothschild Boulevard. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and five social justice activists filed the petition three weeks ago, asking the court to force…

MK Khenin: Public housing crisis a deliberate policy

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) accused the neo-liberal government of deliberately underfunding public housing in a Knesset special session Tuesday. “Too many people in Israeli society are finding themselves in an extreme crisis regarding housing,” he said. “When there are so many cases, it becomes clear – this is not a mistake, but rather, a policy.”…