Olim · Renting
Rent help for olim: what the state pays and how to get it
Made aliyah from March 2024 on? The state pays part of your rent for two years. You don't need to apply.
2 min read · Figures checked November 2026
The short version
₪2,239
The most you can get towards your rent each month.
7–30
Rent help is paid from month 7 to month 30 after your aliyah.
No form
The money goes straight into your bank account.
01
Do I qualify?
You get rent help if all three are true:
- You got oleh status on or after 1 March 2024.
- You don't own an apartment, or part of one.
- You don't live in public housing.
You don't need to apply. The money is paid into your bank account automatically.
02
How much will I get?
Work out your amount
You get
₪1,336a month
From month 7 to month 30 after your aliyah: 24 payments, ₪32,064 in all.
Paid into your bank account automatically. You don't apply, and you don't show a lease.
Just you
₪363 – ₪1,336
a month. The higher amount is for Haifa, the North, the South and Judea and Samaria.
A couple or family, both olim
₪659 – ₪2,000
a month. The higher amount is for Haifa, the North, the South and Judea and Samaria.
A parent alone with kids
₪739 – ₪2,239
a month. The higher amount is for Haifa, the North, the South and Judea and Samaria.
03
When does the money come?
- 1–6
- In months 1 to 6 there is no rent help. Your absorption basket covers them.
- 7–30
- From month 7 to month 30, rent help comes every month: 24 payments.
Olim get more than rent help: the absorption basket, a discount on arnona and help with housing.
04
Does it matter where I live?
If you became an oleh from April 2025 on, you get more in Haifa, the North, the South and Judea and Samaria. Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Centre get the basic amount.
If you became an oleh between April and December 2025 and live in Beit Shemesh, you get ₪1,000, ₪1,500 or ₪2,000 a month.
If you became an oleh between March 2024 and March 2025, you get more in the Negev, the Galilee and other priority towns.
05
Planned for 2026
- +₪500
- a month more rent help in some northern towns, from month 7, for two years.
- ₪3,000
- a month towards rent from month 13, for 24 months, planned for some families.
Announced, not paid yet: these are official plans, but the ministry's rent-help page doesn't list them yet. Don't count on them until it does.
Near the Lebanon border: became an oleh from 2 June 2026 and live in a town like Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona, Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Shlomi or Metula? You'd get ₪500 more a month.
Seven northern cities: became an oleh from 11 June 2026 and live in Afula, Tiberias, Karmiel, Nof HaGalil, Nazareth, Acre or Safed? You'd get the same ₪500 more.
From France, Britain, Canada or Australia: families who settle in the North, the South, Haifa or Judea and Samaria would get ₪3,000 a month.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah: directive 432, extra rent help (Hebrew) · Ynet: the 2026 plan for olim from four countries
06
Soldiers and Na'aleh graduates
- ₪500
- a month if you serve in the army or do national service.
- ₪750
- a month if you are a lone soldier or a lone volunteer.
You get this if you join within 30 months of your aliyah. It is paid for your whole service, then for as long again after you finish.
A lone soldier is a soldier whose parents don't live in Israel. A lone volunteer is the same in national service.
Na'aleh is a programme that brings teenagers to Israel alone to finish high school. If you came with Na'aleh, rent help starts in your first month as an oleh and lasts 30 months.
07
Rent still too high?
- 95%
- of your rent at most: the higher rent help you get while you wait for public housing.
If your income is low, you can ask for more help. The Ministry of Housing checks your income through three companies: Milgam, Alonim and Maof.
Ministry of Aliyah
*2994
Rent help for olim
*2310
Ministry of Housing
*5442
Source: Ministry of Aliyah: help by income check · Ministry of Aliyah: waiting for public housing · Ministry of Construction and Housing: registration companies (Hebrew)
In short
This guide sums up the official rules as they stood on the day it was checked. The ministries decide each case and change amounts from time to time; check the sources above or call the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (*2994) before you count on a payment.
