In recognition of your service in the IDF, during the first year after your release, the Department and Foundation for Released Soldiers, will provide financial assistance for housings costs of up to 12,000 NIS (up to 1,000 NIS per month for up to 12 consecutive months after your release).
Assistance will be provided upon showing official documents of your apartment’s (or house’s) current contract for your first year post-release, in addition to other official documents for those who are eligible (detailed below).
This benefit is granted in accordance with the Released Soldiers Absorption Law amendment (in update 19, from 2017) and is subjected to a limited budget.
The registration process must be completed, including the verification of the data, within two months of the application being submitted online, and no later than the end of the first year after release from the IDF.
In addition, it is recommended to check for eligibility for assistance in purchasing basic home appliances.
Who is eligible for these benefits?
- Lone soldiers, that according to the army, are/were eligible for rent assistance through the end of their military service.
- Lone soldiers that have completed the application and turned in all official documents required within the first year of their release (or the end of mandatory service, if signed on for additional time – “Keva”).
- Lone soldiers whose leasing contract is updated and in effect for the first year post- release from the IDF.
- For lone soldiers who have more than one contract within their first year post-release, their assistance will only be supplied for the duration of the first contract and upon submission of the second contract. If the contracts are continuous, the assistance will continue.
The leasing (apartment) contract must comply with the following requirements:
- The contract must be under the name of the applicant (for the rent assistance), during the first year after release from the IDF/end of mandatory service, and the contract must state the date and time of the start and termination of the contract and the amount of monthly rent actually paid by the applicant. (Only relevant if living in Israel.
- The contract must be signed by the applicant (tenant) and the property owner (leaser). Leasing contracts in which the applicant is a sub-tenant will not be accepted.
- Contracts in which the leaser is the parent of the applicant will not be accepted.
- It is recommended that the lease be for at least six consecutive months.
- If the lease contract is for less than six months or no updated contract is submitted during the period of eligibility, continued assistance eligibility is dependent on the submission of a new or updated contract that shows a continuity (of dates) between the contracts.
Note: Released lone soldiers who are not eligible for this assistance, according to the above requirements and are renting an apartment are advised to apply for eligibility for rent assistance from the following- https://www.hachvana.mod.gov.il/Soldiers/Pages/lonelymoney.aspx
The actual amount of financial aid that will be received by an individual will be calculated according to the following:
- The eligibility period is the first year after release from the IDF and up to 12 consecutive months.
- The amount of aid per month is up to 1,000 NIS for each month of eligibility. If the applicant’s monthly rent is less than 1,000 NIS, then the assistance provided will be calculated in accordance to the actual rent payments of the applicant.
- The rent assistance will be provided in two separate payments. Each payment will provide up to six months of rental assistance at a given time.
- If the applicant receives financial assistance for rent from other government ministries, such as the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Estates and Trusts Department, etc. the applicant must declare the amount of aid received and this amount will be deducted from this benefit.
- If the applicant is living in Bet Hachayal or an Alach apartment, the months while living there within the one-year of eligibility post-release, will be deducted from the period of eligibility.