A new real estate project in Afula is advertising a substantial discount for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who were blocked from the government’s “Discounted Apartment” subsidy program due to their draft exemption status, according to the developer’s ad.
A residential project in Afula is advertising what it calls a “price for a draft evader” deal—a substantial discount on a new apartment for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students (lomdei Torah) who were excluded from the government’s “Mechir LeMishtaken” (Discounted Apartment) lottery after being blocked on grounds of draft evasion. The ad, posted on a local the source, states that the offer is aimed at “those who were found to be draft evaders in the lottery” and includes a significant discount on a new apartment. The project is located in Mitzpe Afula, a neighborhood marketed primarily to the Haredi community. As The Zioneer previously reported, similar projects in the area have offered subsidies of around ₪180,000 to Haredi buyers. The exact size of the discount in this current offering was not specified in the ad. The initiative highlights an ongoing tension between state efforts to enforce military conscription among the ultra-Orthodox and market-driven housing incentives that effectively reward draft exemption.
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