Price Exceptions Committee for Tenants: Key Criteria in the Committee's Decision

February 17, 2025   

Today, from a year ago, apartment prices have risen significantly, so that purchasing an apartment has become impossible for a large part of the population. As part of the desire to encourage young couples to purchase an apartment and to assist them, there are several different financing programs, including price-for-occupancy lotteries. However, life is dynamic and families who initially met the conditions of the program encounter difficulties that do not allow them to continue to own the apartment. It is precisely for such cases that there is a price-for-occupancy exceptions committee. In order to help you understand a little more exactly what the committee examines and when the chances are that your application will be accepted - the following overview has been prepared. Courtesy of the Legal Forums website

What is the "price per tenant"?

The Price for the Tenant is a program that allows young families to purchase apartments at lower prices compared to the normal prices in the real estate market. As part of this program, buyers are required to meet a number of strict conditions in order to benefit from lower apartment prices, such as salary level, a predefined cooling-off period, and more.

What did the Exceptions Committee for the Price to the Tenant discuss?

The Exceptions Committee for the Price for Tenants is a committee of the Ministry of Construction and Housing that discusses cases in which people who may be eligible to participate in the program do not meet the threshold conditions. The committee examines each case on its own merits and decides whether to allow them to participate despite exceeding the conditions. The Exceptions Committee also discusses cases in which people who are taking part in the Price for Tenants program are currently exceeding the conditions of the program, or wish to exceed the conditions and therefore need to obtain approval. These are cases in which participants in the program wish to sell the apartment, adapt the apartment for a disabled person, transfer rights in the apartment by inheritance, or sell the rights in the apartment. For example, one of the conditions is a prohibition on selling the apartment for a predetermined period (of 7 or 5 years). If a couple wishes to sell the apartment during this period of time, they will be required to submit an application to the Exceptions Committee for the sale of the apartment.

In which cases is there a high chance that the committee will approve a request to revoke a ban on the sale of an apartment?

In our experience, the committee receives many applications that list various reasons for submitting the application. In examining all the applications received, we were able to identify a trend and point out the cases in which there is a high chance that the committee will approve a request to revoke the prohibition on selling an apartment:

1. Divorce or marriage – In the event of a divorce, maintaining a shared apartment becomes an impossible task, so requests to sell the apartment due to divorce tend to be accepted in most cases. In the event of marriage, a situation may arise in which the person participating in the program must sell the apartment.
2. Death or serious illness – In each of these turtles, holding an apartment is not possible or unreasonable. It is important to understand that the application must contain medical documentation regarding the serious illness and explanations as to why the illness prevents the person from continuing to participate in the program.
3. bankruptcy – In the case of bankruptcy, when the couple can no longer hold the apartment, the committee tends to approve a request to revoke the prohibition on selling the apartment.

What all the applications that are received have in common is that they all involve a situation in which owning an apartment is impossible. It follows that The main criteria examined by the Exceptions Committee for the Price for the Tenant are health status, family status, and financial situation.

What documents are important to attach to an application to the Exceptions Committee?

In addition to the application form that you must fill out on the website of the Ministry of Construction and Housing, there are a number of documents that are important to attach to the application in order to prove your exceptional situation. The type of documents varies from case to case depending on the circumstances in which the application is submitted. For example, if the subject of the application is the sale of an apartment due to financial circumstances, you must attach a bill of exchange, annual reports of the business (if you are self-employed), a mortgage balance report, monthly expense reports, and any other document that proves a financial situation that requires the sale of the apartment. In any case, you are required to attach to the application the apartment purchase contract, a contract agreement, confirmation of delivery of the apartment, and other basic details about the apartment and the transaction.

The Exceptions Committee rejected my application – what can I do?

If the Exceptions Committee has rejected your request, you can file an appeal against the committee's response within 30 days of receiving the committee's response. It is important to understand that it is not easy to appeal the committee's response, and the chances of success of the appeal depend largely on the professionalism of the arguments and the wording of the appeal. Therefore, we recommend that you seek professional legal advice that will help you substantiate your claims and file the appeal, in order to increase your chances of success. In conclusion, the decisive factor in whether your request will be accepted or rejected is the way in which the claims are formulated and substantiated. If the request is poorly worded, even if the real reason is justified and good, the request will be rejected. If you are considering submitting a request to the Exceptions Committee for the Price to the Tenant, do not hesitate to contact us for advice. In the real estate forum . We will be happy to answer your questions there.