Today, the Ministry of Construction and Housing announced the opening of the 11th lottery for the subsidized housing program. The lottery will open for registration on Wednesday 15th April, and will include approximately 8,000 government-subsidized apartments throughout the country.

Beit Shemesh will have 425 apartments available, in 4 projects.

Up to 50% of the apartments will be allocated to active reserve service members, of which 25% will be allocated to combat soldiers.

In this lottery, the first this year, 7,922 apartments will be raffled off across the country in 19 cities including Ashdod, Rehovot, Hadera, Ma'ale Adumim, Kadima-Tzoran, Rekhasim, Beit Dagan, Bnei Ayish, Kfar Manda, Kiryat Gat, Nahariya, Eilat, Yehud, Rishon LeZion, Bat Hefer and Kfar Saba. See the full list above.

These are apartments priced up to 2-2.5 million shekels for fist-time buyers, with significant discounts that can reach 33-37%, meaning savings of hundreds of thousands of shekels for the winners.

It is important to know that the winners do not receive a ready-made apartment, but rather are awarded the right to purchase an apartment in a new project that has not yet been built. Contractors who win state tenders, including discounted apartments, advance the planning and licensing procedures with the local authority - and when the project is close to receiving a building permit, those eligible are invited to register and choose the relevant apartments. Winners are prohibited from selling the apartment they won for 5 years from the date of receiving the key, or 7 years from the date of winning the lottery, but it can be rented out.

As was the case in previous lotteries, those eligible can register for three cities, and for all the lotteries in these cities. In order to register for the lottery, applicants first need to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to prove that they are first-time buyers. The certificate of eligibility for registration can be issued until 30th April 2026.

Check here to see if you are eligible to enter the lottery: https://www.gov.il/he/.

Certificates of eligibility for registration can be issued online on the websites of the registration companies: Alonim, Milgam and Maof.
The cost of issuing a certificate of eligibility is NIS 200, the issuance process takes up to 10 days, the certificate is valid for one year, and must be extended before it expires - the cost of extending validity is 50 NIS.

To contact the registration companies:

• Milgam: *2310 Website in English!: https://shikun.milgam.co.il/
• Alonim (from Mgroup):  *2850 Website: https://alonim-mgar.co.il
• Ma'of: *9344 Website: https://www.shikun-maof.co.il