Owners of apartments in Israel find it difficult to meet their mortgage payments. According to a survey conducted for Friends of the Israeli Forum for Social Responsibility by Maagar Research Institute. The survey will be submitted tomorrow (Tuesday) Members of the Finance Committee to discuss the housing crisis in Israel.
The survey of 531 respondents aged 18 and over. 76% of survey respondents reported that they own an apartment, 20% reported that they live in rented and the remaining 2% live in public rental, companies such as Amidar or flint.
Association vice president friend, Ran Melamed, said in a conversation with ABC News' that recently you can feel certain that the distress experienced by middle class housing. He said that until recently dealt mostly Association lowest deciles tenants who could not meet their mortgage and headed the organization for help dealing with debts.
Melamed also said that recently more and more cases are of the middle class who find it difficult to repay the mortgage and the Association began to take care of them too. According to the poll, the distribution among the respondents admitted that they find it difficult to return months is 31% to those who admitted that they have difficulty to find it difficult to meet payments and 14% very difficulty to them.
The state housing prices down
The survey showed that most respondents expect the state intervention to solve the housing shortage. 85% said that the state provide subsidies to young couples purchasing
The first apartment. 68% think the State should also provide subsidies to students who purchase their first apartment. 72% think the state should provide subsidies to residents who purchase an apartment in the peripheral regions. 67% believe the state should lower the prices of apartments in the country. 79% think the state should sell land at low prices to allow purchase by families and young people, and 40% believe it has prevented non-residents purchasing apartments in city centers if they use them less than 10 months of the year.
Continue to subsidize the public housing
When asked what assistance that Israel should give the residents, 42% responded that the state should provide public housing in exchange for a reduced payment of rent. 12% said that public housing should be provided rent free. 10% said they have financial help so they can rent an apartment in the free market. 18% said they should be given financial assistance so they can buy an apartment in the free market. Only 1% answered that there is no grant aid at all.
Most respondents (51%) said they were ready to move in rent if the price is low and if the lease would be for a long time.
