Association for Civil Rights in Israel has been lobbying for the last few years to get housing assistance for two gay couples: two men from Kiryat Shmona seeking a grant to purchase an apartment, and two female American immigrants seeking a mortgage to buy a house in Jerusalem. Two months ago, the Housing and Construction Ministry changed their policy, which previously only granted such benefits to either married couples or unmarried couples with at least one joint child. Quote of the day: “Dan Yakir, the chief legal counsel for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, said yesterday. ‘This is also the first instance I know of in which straight people are enjoying expanded benefits in the wake of a gay struggle. Up to now, they have applied benefits to gays that had been given to straight common-law couples.'”
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