The National Insurance pays an occupancy grant to residents of localities in the North and South who evacuated independently to a place of accommodation that is not funded by the State, based on the evacuation date of each locality.
Please note, eligibility for occupancy grant is extended until December 31, 2024, for residents of settlements that are still evacuated by government decision.
- For Q&A on the matter of the occupancy grant, click here.
- For questions and inquiries regarding this grant you can call the special call center at 02-5393773 from Sunday to Thursday, between 8:00 and 17:00.
Who is entitled to a grant?
To be entitled to a grant you must meet the 3 conditions below:
- You are an Israeli resident.
- Your address at the Population and Absorption Authority is in one of the localities qualifying to a grant.
If your reside in one of the localities qualifying to a grant and your address is not updated at the Population and Absorption Authority - you need to update the address at this authority, then, when done, complete a occupancy grant declaration form.
- You have been evacuated to a place of accommodation not funded by the State.
You have the possibility to check if the locality where you live entitles you to a grant for the period of eligibility, click here.
Grant amount and method of payment
Avilable: calculator to check eligibility for and amount of occupancy grant
The grant is paid according to the number of days you have lived in a place of accommodation not funded by the State.
For an adult (including a child above age 18) - NIS 200 per day.
- If the adult receives child allowance - the grant is paid automatically on the bank account used for the payment of child allowance.
- If the adult does not receive child allowance - you can update you bank account details to receive the grant using this link.
- If bank account details are not updated - the grant is paid on the latest bank account in the records of the National Insurance.
For a child (up to age 18) - NIS 100 per day.
The grant is paid automatically on the bank account used to pay child allowance.
Payment for a foreign nursing caregiver
- A person eligible for a grant having a nursing caregiver foreign worker who has been evacuated with him - is entitled to an increment of NIS 200 per day in which the foreign worker is evacuated with him to a non-state-funded place of accommodation. Eligibility for the grant is granted if he has a working permit in the long-term care sector for that foreign worker delivered by the Population Authority and if the foreign worker is staying legally in the country.
To obtain the increment for a foreign worker one must indicate on the declaration form that a nursing caregiver has also been evacuated with the insured. - The payment will be deposited on the bank account on which the eligible person's occupancy grant is paid.
- The recipient of an occupancy grant who did not declare his caregiver - has to inform us about him through the *6050 call center or wait for us to contact him.
Period of entitlement to a grant
- Residents of the North and the following settlements: Bari, Hulit, Kissufim, Kfar Aza, Kerem Shalom, Nachal Oz, Nativ Ha'assara, Sufa, Nirim, Nir Oz, Ein Hashlosha - are entitled to a grant until 31.12.24.
- Other settlements in the South - are entitled to a grant until 29.2.24.
- Residents of Nir Itzhak - the settlement has been categorized as non-evacuated settlement since March 2024, however under a the latest government decision it has been decided to resume the settlement status as evacuated settlement. Therefore the residents of Nir Itzhak will be entitled to an occupancy grant as follows:
- For the period between 1.3.24 and 30.6.24 you will be paid a grant automatically without the need to fill out any declaration .
- As of 1.7.24 onwards the grant will be paid based upon filling out a declaration.
- Please note that regarding the resident who received a one-time return grant - the amount of the return grant will be offset from the occupancy grant he is entitled to.
What should I do to receive the grant?
You need to complete a occupancy grant declaration form online on the website. You can declare the an evacuation period until 30.9.24.
Please note, every evacuee above 18 years old needs to complete a declaration on his own.
For those who have a guardian or for whom a benefit recipient has been appointed - and there is no possibility to complete a grant declaration form on his behalf, one must call the dedicated call center at 02-5393773, to complete a declaration by telephone.