Search results for tag " housing"

  • 5 Years of Hiddush Activism
    Written by on 02/10/2014
    Hiddush has become the premier Israeli NGO on matters of Religion and State in Israel

  • Cuts to haredi sector yield mixed results
    Written by on 15/08/2013
    State support for yeshivas, child allotments, periphery housing slashed, but other benefits are not tied to joining the workforce.

  • 83% of Jewish Israelis want change in housing subsidies
    Written by on 23/04/2012
    83% of Jewish Israelis believe housing subsidies should follow the recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee, as opposed to current policies which overwhelmingly favor the ultra-Orthodox population.

  • 83% of Jewish Israelis believe housing subsidies conditional on willingness to work to your ability
    Written by on 23/04/2012
    83% of Jewish Israelis believe housing subsidies should follow the recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee, as opposed to current policies which overwhelmingly favor the ultra-Orthodox population, who in large part do not seek to join the work force. President of Hiddush, Rabbi Uri Regev, called on government officials to heed the call of the Israeli public.

  • Means tested housing
    Written by on 04/04/2012
    Hiddush poll finds 83% of Jewish Israelis want government subsidized housing to be based on fulfilling one's potential to work

  • What will become of the North?
    Written by on 03/04/2012
    If new ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods forming in the North of Israel are not accompanied by job creation, these areas will become a poverty trap.

  • Hiddush for Housing
    Written by on 30/01/2012
    Hiddush Director Uri Regev stands against Housing Minister Atias' new guidelines

  • Social Justice Cont'd
    Written by on 26/01/2012
    Uri Regev comments on new proposal for subsidized housing which overwhelmingly favors ultra-Orthodox over the working middle class.

  • Say no to unfair housing subsidies!
    Written by on 26/01/2012
    Hiddush Petition against suggested guidelines for affordable housing that blatantly favor ultra-Orthodox applicants

  • Most who will receive housing subsidies are ultra-Orthodox
    Written by on 24/07/2011
    More than half of housing subsidies will defacto be given to ultra-Orthodox residents, who make up less than 10% of the general population in Israel. Housing Minister Ariel Atias continues to design biased systems instead of fair ones.

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