An urban renewal deal in Israel, whether TAMA 38 or Pinui Binui, is in substance a sale of your rights in the apartment to a developer in return for a new or improved flat, so you need professionals who work only for the owners. The Government Authority for Urban Renewal describes five stages: decide in principle and check feasibility, agree among the owners and elect a representation, hire advisers led by an owners’ lawyer, choose and contract a developer with that lawyer, and finally the developer plans the project and gets a building permit, after which the works start. Most of these steps apply whether the owners, a developer or the municipality started the project. The law adds fixed safeguards along the way: an organiser cannot sign anyone before an owners’ meeting attended by at least 40% of the owners, and in Pinui Binui the developer must hold its own meeting and give every owner its main terms in writing at least 2 weeks before the first deal in the building. This guide walks through each stage, what to sign and what to hold back, and ends with the Hebrew terms you will meet in the documents, as published on gov.il and in the law and checked on 29 October 2026.
The two tracks themselves, the consent majorities and the tax side are explained in our urban renewal guide to TAMA 38 and Pinui Binui. This page is the owner’s side of the process, from the first meeting to the new keys.
The five stages at a glance
- Decide and check feasibility. Ask the city’s urban renewal administration, or the engineering department, whether renewal is possible in planning terms and likely to pay for a developer. Test support among the neighbours first.
- Agree and elect a representation. Hold an owners’ meeting and elect a small group to coordinate for everyone. It cannot sign for you.
- Hire advisers. An owners’ lawyer first, then a construction supervisor, and where relevant an appraiser and a social consultant. Each works only for the owners.
- Choose and contract a developer. Run a tender or compare offers with your lawyer, then sign, with the legal meeting and main-terms rules respected.
- Planning, permit, works and keys. The developer advances the plan and gets a building permit from the local authority; works start only after the permit, and your supervisor follows them to handover.
Stage 1: is your building a candidate?
Before you spend time or money, contact your city’s urban renewal administration (מינהלת התחדשות עירונית, minhelet). An administration is an arm of the Government Authority for Urban Renewal working inside the municipality, and it can help check whether TAMA 38 or Pinui Binui is possible in planning terms where you live and whether it is likely to be economically viable. If your town has no administration, go to the municipality’s engineering department. You can also consult the administration when a developer, not the owners, started the project.
The Authority’s basic tests are an older urban area, a city policy that allows renewal there, and a project that pays for the developer. For a first rough check of a Pinui Binui compound it publishes a dynamic viability calculator; you enter the minimum developer profit the Government Appraiser set for your region, since Pinui Binui viability is tested under appraisal Standard 21. The Authority itself says the calculator is an aid and does not replace a project-specific appraisal.
Talk to your neighbours before you approach the administration. An owners’ meeting or a few informal conversations will show whether there is any real appetite. You do not need every owner on board to start: the law sets a special majority for each track, and an owner who refuses unreasonably is dealt with under that track’s rules. In Pinui Binui, according to the Authority, such an owner can be liable in damages to the owners who agreed, or a court that finds the refusal unreasonable may appoint a lawyer or accountant to sign in their place.
Stage 2: electing the owners’ representation
The representation (נציגות דיירים, nitzigut dayarim) is a small group of owners that coordinates with the developer, the lawyer, the local authority and the planning bodies and keeps everyone informed. The owners elect it, and it does not have to be the building committee (va’ad bayit). The work is usually voluntary and runs for years.
A practical way to elect it, based on Kol Zchut’s guide to the renewal process:
- Call an owners’ meeting under the building’s bylaws (takanon), or under the model bylaws if the building has none of its own.
- Post a notice in a prominent place in the building at least a week ahead, saying plainly that the representation will be elected, and phone every owner to make sure they know the date and the purpose.
- In a compound of several buildings, you can hold a separate meeting for each building.
- Any owner can stand. Vote openly, by majority. A common guide is one representative for every ten owners.
- Send the wording of the mandate letter (כתב הסמכה) round in advance. The elected representatives and the owners sign it, and owners who missed the meeting can sign afterwards.
Know its limits: it cannot sign for you, and each owner signs their own agreements. What a developer or organiser agreement may let it decide, and how the Authority’s complaints commissioner handles disputes about representations and organisers, is covered in the owner representation section of our main guide.
Stage 3: your lawyer and the other advisers
Because you are selling rights, the owners’ lawyer (עורך דין דיירים, orech din dayarim) is the most important appointment. The Authority describes a lawyer who represents and accompanies the owners against the organiser or developer through every stage: helping choose a developer, and negotiating the agreement, including its commercial terms, guarantees and securities. The lawyer also helps sign the agreements with the developer and other professionals, deals with refusing owners, helps choose the supervisor and the appraiser, and follows up on the developer’s and contractor’s obligations. Choose a lawyer other representations recommend and who does not work for your developer. The Authority publishes a model agreement for owners’ legal services, and our note on choosing a lawyer for urban renewal covers further checks on experience, independence and fees.
The other advisers you may need:
- Construction supervisor (מפקח בנייה). Works in three phases: supervising the planning before the permit, supervising the works after the permit, and accompanying the owners at handover once the works end.
- Appraiser (שמאי). Mainly relevant in Pinui Binui, and in TAMA 38 where the superintendent of joint houses (המפקח על הבתים המשותפים) decided one is needed. The appraiser checks whether the deal is economically worthwhile for the owners and on what terms it would be. You can hire one privately. In Pinui Binui, owners unsure about an offer can also ask the Authority to appoint a pinui binui appraiser (שמאי פינוי ובינוי). The service is free to the owners, the developer pays the appraiser at a rate set in regulations, and the opinion is prima facie evidence if a refusing-owner case reaches court. The Authority’s service page asks for the consent of 40% of the owners in the cluster; the law, as currently amended, describes the group as owners of more than two-fifths of the flats in each building with more than two-fifths of the common property attached to their flats. The Authority’s questions-and-answers page still shows an older, higher figure, so confirm the current threshold with the Authority before you collect signatures. In TAMA 38, the superintendent of joint houses can ask the Authority to appoint such an appraiser when owners have filed a claim.
- Social consultant (יועץ חברתי). A newer role that maps the owners’ needs and presents them to the planners, explains the process in plain language, helps elect and train the representation, works with the lawyer so the plan and contract reflect the owners’ needs, and represents community interests before the planning committees. In a Pinui Binui with public participation, the consultant prepares a social report that maps the residents, analyses the findings and makes recommendations.
Get at least three quotes for each role, ask other representations for recommendations, and weigh experience, availability and cost. Confirm that each adviser has no conflict of interest, does not work for the developer, and will stay with the owners from organisation to completion. The Authority keeps no named list of recommended professionals; it recommends hiring at least a lawyer to represent the owners and a construction supervisor.
Who pays. The Authority says it is accepted practice in today’s renewal market that developers pay the full project costs: construction, rent during the works in Pinui Binui and in TAMA 38 demolish-and-rebuild projects, and the professionals who serve the owners, such as their lawyer and supervisor. Advisers often start before a developer is chosen, on the assumption that the future developer will pay their fees. That is practice, not an entitlement, and your signed agreement decides. In a project whose viability is marginal, paying for extra advisers such as an owners’ appraiser can weigh on the project’s costs.
Stage 4: choosing the developer
In an owner-led project, the municipal administration and your lawyer can help you pick a developer. A common recommendation is a tender that invites developers or contractors with relevant experience to bid, with your lawyer negotiating for the owners before anything is signed. Compare more than the extra square metres on each flat:
- who funds the higher maintenance costs of the new building;
- what security the owners get if the developer collapses financially in the middle of the project;
- the developer’s experience, availability, financial strength and references.
A practical order that many owners follow, as described by the property site Madlan: agree among yourselves on equal terms and on sharing every offer you receive; check the municipality’s position; compare offers and ask for the builder’s registration as a contractor; choose a developer; sign a time-limited letter of intent with clear binding conditions; and only then sign the detailed agreement, with milestones and a right to cancel, with or without compensation, if they are missed.
| What to compare | What to look for in the offer | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Consideration for each flat | The principles that set each owner’s new flat: size, floor, parking, storage, balcony | A Pinui Binui agreement must state the principles for each owner’s consideration |
| Dates | The latest dates for approving the detailed plan, for the building permit and for handing over the new flat, and what happens if they are missed | A Pinui Binui agreement must state these maximum dates |
| Builder | Who will build, or how the builder will be chosen, and its experience | Required content of a Pinui Binui agreement |
| Guarantees | Which guarantees you get, from which bank or insurer, and when they are issued | The developer must undertake to provide guarantees for its obligations |
| Rent and moving | Who pays rent during the works and the move, and for how long | Developers usually pay, but only the agreement makes it binding |
| Future costs | Any maintenance fund or funding of higher building costs after completion | In Pinui Binui, the developer’s main-terms document must show expected future costs |
| Offer expiry | The date the offer lapses | In Pinui Binui, the main-terms document must include it |
| Track record | Completed projects, financial strength, references from other representations | Kol Zchut flags a developer collapsing mid-project as a risk to weigh |
| Exit | Milestones and the owners’ right to cancel if they are missed | Without them a stalled project can tie the building up for years |
Built from the Government Authority for Urban Renewal questions and answers (updated 6 October 2026) and Kol Zchut’s renewal guide, checked 29 October 2026. Our checklist, not an official form.
The legal guard-rails before you sign
If an organiser approaches you
An organiser (מארגן, me’argen) signs owners to an organising agreement (הסכם ארגון, heskem irgun) before any deal with a developer. That agreement commits you to exclusivity for a limited time. It is not the Pinui Binui or TAMA 38 deal itself, and the agreement must say that your consideration will be set in the later deal, not in it. The Urban Renewal (Agreements for Organising Transactions) Law, 2017 sets these rules:
- A meeting first. Before signing the first owner, the organiser must call a meeting of the building’s owners, with notice given at least 7 days ahead and displayed in a prominent place in the building. It counts only if at least 40% of the owners attend; public-housing flats are left out of the count. In a building of 17 or more flats, that share can be reached over two meetings, as long as at least 30% came to the first and at least 20% to the second. Minutes, with the meeting date, go to the owners.
- What the organiser must tell you. At the meeting: what the agreement is and its main terms, the law’s main points, whether the organiser acts for a developer, its fee if known, any personal interest, whether an owner in the building is working for it, and how to reach the Authority, its complaints commissioner and the city’s renewal administration.
- In writing, with dates. The agreement must be in writing and state, among other things, the date it was signed and the determining date, which is when the first owner in the building signed with that organiser. An agreement not in writing, or without those dates, is void.
- Loyalty and disclosure. The organiser must act for the owners in trust, fairly and in the accepted way, and give you any material information it holds about the deal.
- Fixed deadlines. An organising agreement stays in force for 6 months from the determining date, and longer only if the organiser reaches set signing levels within set periods; if it does not, the agreement lapses. Pinui Binui and TAMA 38 have separate deadline ladders in the law. The Authority’s complaints commissioner can confirm to an owner that an organising agreement has lapsed.
When a Pinui Binui developer wants to sign
In a project whose first deal was signed after 14 February 2022, the Authority says the developer must, before signing the first owner in a building:
- hold an owners’ meeting announced 10 days ahead, with at least 40% of the owners present, or a further meeting so that at least 30% attended across both;
- explain at the meeting the type of deal, its own experience, which buildings the project is expected to include and who acts on its behalf, bring an interpreter where needed, and give the owners the minutes;
- give every owner a main-terms document (מסמך עיקרי הצעה) at least 2 weeks before the first deal in the building, with information about the deal, the developer, its undertakings, the expected future costs and the date the offer expires.
If the developer skips the meeting or the main-terms document, a majority of the building’s owners may decide to cancel the deals, as long as fewer than 40% of the owners have signed. Owners who signed are then not treated as having breached their contract with the developer.
What a full Pinui Binui agreement must contain
A Pinui Binui agreement (עסקת פינוי ובינוי, also called the full agreement) is a contract in which the owner undertakes to sell the flat, or part of their rights in the building, so the building can be demolished and a new one built under a plan that allows a building permit. A power of attorney from the owner to the developer, or to a lawyer acting for the developer, is attached so the contract can be carried out. Under the 2006 law, as the Authority also explains, it must include, among other things:
- the principles for setting the consideration each owner receives;
- the latest dates for approving the detailed plan, getting the building permit and handing the new flat to the owner;
- details of who will do the building work, or the conditions for choosing them, including their experience;
- the developer’s undertaking to provide guarantees to the owner for its obligations under the contract.
The Authority has published model owner-developer agreements for Pinui Binui and for TAMA 38 strengthening-and-addition (38/1), written to help owners and their lawyers set fair rules for the whole project, alongside the model legal-services agreement mentioned above. Ask your lawyer to measure the draft you are offered against them.
The two laws in one line each
- The Urban Renewal (Agreements for Organising Transactions) Law, 2017 regulates organisers of Pinui Binui and TAMA 38 deals: the meeting before signing and what it must cover, the agreement’s content and form, duties of transparency and loyalty, and deadlines whose breach makes the organising agreement lapse.
- The Pinui Binui (Encouragement of Pinui Binui Projects) Law, 2006 sets the developer’s meeting and main-terms duties, requires dedicated consideration options for elderly owners, gives owners access to an Authority-appointed pinui binui appraiser, and provides the legal remedy against an owner who refuses unreasonably.
Stage 5: planning, permit, works and keys
Once the deals are signed, the developer advances the planning with the planning institutions and, after the plan is approved, gets a building permit from the local authority. Works start only after the permit. The route depends on the track:
- TAMA 38 lets a building be strengthened, or demolished and rebuilt, on a permit without preparing a new detailed plan, subject to the local planning committee’s approval. Whether a TAMA 38 route is still open for your address depends on the municipality’s current plans, so ask the local planning committee.
- Pinui Binui needs a detailed plan (תב”ע, taba) before a permit can be requested, which takes longer. Few local committees can approve one, so it usually goes through the district committee. A special independent local committee may approve Pinui Binui plans itself, and Pinui Binui plans can also be heard by a dedicated district subcommittee or by the national committee for preferred housing areas (VATMAL).
Declared compounds, preliminary approvals and the new accelerated planning track are explained in how Pinui Binui compounds are declared, approved and funded.
A planning body can also publish a notice that a plan is being prepared for an area (section 77 of the Planning and Building Law) and then set conditions for building permits there in the meantime (section 78). Under section 78 those conditions last until the plan is deposited or rejected, or for up to 3 years, whichever comes first, and the planning body can extend them for special reasons that it records. If your building sits inside such a notice, a permit for it is given only on those conditions.
During the works your supervisor checks the construction, and at the end accompanies the owners when the new flats are handed over. Keep your lawyer involved through handover and the registration of the new flats.
What to sign and what to hold back at each stage
This is our own reading guide, built from the official rules above. It is a prompt for questions to your lawyer, not a substitute for advice on your documents.
| Stage | Usually fine to sign | Hold back for now | Who to call |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Feasibility | Nothing binding is needed yet | Any exclusivity with an organiser or developer | The city’s renewal administration or engineering department |
| 2. Representation | The mandate letter for the representation you elected | Any wording that lets the representation sign for you or make major decisions | Your neighbours; the building’s bylaws |
| Organiser approaches | An organising agreement only after the legal owners’ meeting, with the signing date and determining date written in | An agreement offered before the meeting or with no dates | Your own lawyer; the Authority’s complaints commissioner if the rules were broken |
| 3. Advisers | Engagement letters with your own lawyer and supervisor that name the owners as the clients | Any adviser who also works for the developer | Other representations, for references |
| 4. Developer | A time-limited letter of intent your lawyer has reviewed | In Pinui Binui, the full agreement before the developer’s meeting and before you have had the main-terms document for the legal minimum period | Your lawyer; the Authority if you want an appointed appraiser |
| 5. Planning and works | Nothing new without your lawyer and supervisor | Changes to deadlines, guarantees or your new flat’s specification | Your supervisor and lawyer |
Built from the Authority’s questions and answers and the Urban Renewal (Agreements for Organising Transactions) Law, 2017, checked 29 October 2026. Our reading guide, not an official classification.
If you are thinking of leaving a project by selling instead, read selling a property in urban renewal first, because a signed renewal agreement and any registered warning note affect how the sale works.
Key Hebrew terms in your renewal documents
These are practical meanings drawn mainly from the Authority’s urban renewal glossary. The Authority stresses that its definitions are not legal definitions; the relevant laws decide.
People and documents
| Term | Hebrew | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Developer (yazam) | יזם | A person or company advancing a renewal deal, to be carried out by it or by a contractor on its behalf. |
| Organiser (me’argen) | מארגן | Signs owners to an organising agreement ahead of a deal with a developer. |
| Owners’ representation (nitzigut dayarim) | נציגות דיירים | Owners elected to coordinate with the professionals, the local authority and the planners; not necessarily the building committee. |
| Owners’ lawyer (orech din dayarim) | עורך דין דיירים | Represents the owners against the organiser or developer through every stage, including the commercial terms and guarantees. |
| Organising agreement (heskem irgun) | הסכם ארגון | Exclusivity for a limited period under the 2017 law’s deadlines; not a full Pinui Binui or TAMA 38 deal. |
| Full agreement (heskem male) | הסכם מלא | The contract to sell your rights for demolition and rebuilding, with the consideration principles, guarantees, builder details and project dates. |
| Warning note (he’arat azhara) | הערת אזהרה | A note registered in the Land Registry (Tabu) recording an undertaking to make, or not make, a deal in the property. A note on an owner’s undertaking to sell is meant to block a conflicting deal. More in our guide to liens and warning notes when selling. |
| Refusing owner (dayar sarvan) | דייר סרבן | An owner who refuses to sell, or sets unreasonable conditions, after a special majority agreed to a Pinui Binui deal. The law states when a refusal counts as reasonable. |
| Social report | דוח חברתי | Maps the residents and their needs to shape a community plan and public participation for the compound. |
| Public housing | דיור ציבורי | State-owned flats let to eligible tenants; tenants in a renewal compound can choose among options the Authority lists. |
Money, finance and tax
| Term | Hebrew | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Accompanying bank (bank melave) | בנק מלווה | The bank that lends to the developer for the project, against a lien registered on the land in its favour. |
| Accompanying entity (gorem melave) | גורם מלווה | A bank or licensed non-bank lender, including insurers, that issues bank guarantees or insurance policies for the residents. |
| Zero report (doch efes) | דוח אפס | An appraiser’s report on the project’s expected profit and viability, prepared for the bank or other financier. |
| Economic viability (kedaiut kalkalit) | כדאיות כלכלית | Whether the extra flats the developer can sell cover the project’s costs and a profit. |
| Standard 21 (takan 21) | תקן 21 | The appraisal standard for calculating Pinui Binui viability and the extra building rights needed to make a plan viable. |
| Betterment levy (heitel hashbacha) | היטל השבחה | A payment to the local authority when an approved plan raises a property’s value; renewal projects can get a partial or full exemption under certain conditions. |
| Land appreciation tax (mas shevach) | מס שבח | Tax on the gain when a flat is sold; an owner in urban renewal can be exempt under certain conditions. |
| Purchase tax (mas rechisha) | מס רכישה | Tax on buying real estate; an owner entitled to a replacement flat can be exempt under certain conditions. |
| Zero-rate VAT | מע”מ בשיעור 0% | Construction services the developer gives the owners carry no VAT, and the developer can still reclaim the VAT it paid on inputs. |
| Arnona discount | הנחה בארנונה | In some cases, a time-limited discount on municipal tax for owners who return to a larger flat or a higher-rated area. |
Planning words
| Term | Hebrew | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Detailed plan (taba) | תכנית מפורטת, תב”ע | A legally binding plan setting land uses, building rights, floors, coverage and building lines. Building under it still needs a permit. |
| Building permit (heter bniya) | היתר בנייה | The local licensing authority’s approval to carry out the building the plan allows, with conditions for the works. |
| Information file (tik meida) | תיק מידע | Detailed planning information for a permit application: building rights, permitted uses, restrictions and the conditions to reach a permit. |
| Building rights (zchuyot bniya) | זכויות בנייה | The floor area that may be built on a plot under the plan. |
| Building percentage (achuzei bniya) | אחוזי בנייה | Building rights for all floors as a percentage of the plot. Three floors each on half the plot equal 150%. |
| Coverage (tachsit) | תכסית | The ground-floor area allowed, as a percentage of the plot. |
| Building line (kav binyan) | קו בניין | The set-back between the building and the plot boundary; a deviation is possible in some cases through a relief (הקלה, hakala). |
| Blue line (kav kachol) | קו כחול | The boundary of a plan; everything inside it is governed by the plan. |
| Land-use designations (yiudei karka) | ייעודי קרקע | The uses a plan allows, such as housing, commerce or open space, shown in different colours. |
| Change of designation (shinui yiud) | שינוי ייעוד | A planning decision changing the permitted uses of land. |
| Density multiplier (mekadem tziputz) | מקדם ציפוף, מכפיל יחידות דיור | The ratio of planned flats to existing flats in the plan area. |
| Gross and net density | צפיפות ברוטו, צפיפות נטו | Flats per total plan area (gross) or per area zoned for housing (net). |
| Programme (programa) | פרוגרמה | The public facilities a plan needs for its population: education, health, welfare, sport, open space and more. |
| Mabat procedure | נוהל מבא”ת | The uniform national format for submitting plans online. |
| Parking standard (takan chanaya) | תקן חניה | Rules setting how many parking spaces a plan provides per flat or use. |
| Complementary land (karka mashlima) | קרקע משלימה | Vacant state land allocated so a Pinui Binui that cannot carry all its new flats becomes viable. |
| Sections 77 and 78 notice | הודעה לפי סעיפים 77, 78 | Notice that a plan is being prepared, and temporary conditions on permits in its area. |
Planning bodies and tracks
| Term | Hebrew | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Local planning committee | ועדה מקומית לתכנון ובנייה | Grants building permits and approves some plans; its powers depend on whether it is ordinary, independent or special independent. A special independent committee may approve Pinui Binui plans itself. |
| District planning committee | ועדה מחוזית | Israel has six. It supervises the local committees and approves most renewal plans in its district, except where a special independent committee or VATMAL decides. |
| VATMAL | ותמ”ל | The national committee for preferred housing areas, set up to approve large housing plans on a tight timetable; it can also approve Pinui Binui plans. |
| TAMA | תמ”א | A national outline plan setting planning policy on subjects of national importance. |
| TAMA 35 | תמ”א 35 | The national outline plan for building, development and conservation. |
| TAMA 38 | תמ”א 38 | The national plan for strengthening existing buildings against earthquakes, allowing a permit without a new detailed plan, subject to the local committee. |
| TAMA 38/1 | תמ”א 38/1 חיזוק ועיבוי | Strengthening and adding to the existing building; owners usually get an enlarged flat with a safe room, an elevator and parking. Our main guide compares it with 38/2. |
| TAMA 38/2 | תמ”א 38/2 הריסה ובנייה מחדש | Demolishing the old building and building a new one; owners usually get a larger new flat, an elevator and parking. |
| Section 23 plan | סעיף 23 לתמ”א 38 | A local plan that adds to, removes from or changes TAMA 38’s rules for one municipality, approved by the district committee. |
| Pinui Binui | פינוי בינוי | Replacing a group of old buildings with new ones on the same land under a new plan, usually with more flats and sometimes public, commercial or office space. |
| Taxation track (developers) | פינוי בינוי במסלול מיסוי | Renewal led by private developers who sign the owners and advance the plans. |
| Local-authority track | פינוי בינוי במסלול רשויות מקומיות | Renewal promoted by the municipality, which organises the residents and may get Authority funding. |
Ownership and space
| Term | Hebrew | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Musha | מושע | Undivided co-ownership: each owner holds a share of the whole property, with no defined part of their own. |
| Preservation building | מבנה לשימור | A building of historic, cultural or architectural value under a preservation plan, which can forbid demolition. |
| Private open space (shaf) | שטח פרטי פתוח, שפ”פ | Unbuilt private land such as a building’s garden, maintained by the owners. |
| Public open space (shatzap) | שטח ציבורי פתוח, שצ”פ | Unbuilt public land such as a park, maintained by the local authority. |
| Easement (zikat hanaa) | זיקת הנאה | A property right letting someone pass on foot or by car over land owned by someone else. |
| Public participation (shituf tzibur) | שיתוף ציבור | Involving residents in planning: their needs, the alternatives and the final plan. |
| Mixed use (irbuv shimushim) | עירוב שימושים | Combining uses such as homes, shops and public services on one plot or compound. |
This is general information, not legal or tax advice; confirm with a licensed professional.
Sources
- Government Authority for Urban Renewal, questions and answers on urban renewal (published 27 January 2020, updated 6 October 2026).
- Government Authority for Urban Renewal, glossary of urban renewal terms (published 25 October 2020).
- Government Authority for Urban Renewal, request to appoint a pinui binui appraiser.
- Urban Renewal (Agreements for Organising Transactions) Law, 5777-2017, Sefer HaChukim 2630 (3 April 2017).
- Pinui Binui (Encouragement of Pinui Binui Projects) Law, 5766-2006, consolidated Hebrew text.
- Planning and Building Law, 5725-1965, sections 77 and 78, consolidated Hebrew text.
- Planning Administration, glossary of planning and building terms (updated 22 October 2026).
- Kol Zchut, guide to the urban renewal process (practical guidance, not an official source).
Own a flat in a building where neighbours, an organiser or a developer are talking about renewal? Send us the address through our urban renewal enquiry page and we’ll go through where the project really stands, what the documents in front of you mean in plain English, and your options as an owner, including selling.
