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Free parking tickets for senior citizens of Haifa • The distribution has begun

The sign "Old Haifai" will allow city residents over 70 to park free of charge in the regulated spaces (in blue and white) on all Haifa streets

The tickets will allow free parking for 3 hours and will be valid for two years.

Eli Landau (Photo: Yaron Karmi)

Eli Landau, City council member, thanked the mayor Einat Kalish Rotem:

The old residents of the city deserve a tribute from the municipality of Haifa as a mark of respect and recognition for their long-standing activities for the sake of the city and the well-being of its residents. The status of the old residents is at the forefront of the mayor's mind and for that we thank her and wish her continued fruitful activity.
Einat Kalish (Photo: Haifa Municipality Spokesperson)
Einat Kalish (Photo: Haifa Municipality Spokesperson)

Mayor Einat Kalish Rotem thanked Eli Landau for his activity to promote the issue:

After years in which Haifa pensioners did not receive the respect they deserved, I am happy about this important move that is being launched today. As someone who believes in and works to promote public transportation for all of the city's residents, it is clear to me that the old residents deserve an available solution to make their lives easier, and that is until the public transportation system knows how to provide them with perfect service.
Parking in blue and white (photo - Yaron Karmi)
Parking in blue and white (photo - Yaron Karmi)

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  1. It is not clear how you get the benefit and how the inspector knew from when until when I have the benefit of free parking
    I have and I stuck it on the windshield

  2. I came to the offices of the parking department at 1 Kori Street and when I told the receptionist at the entrance that I wanted to come to the parking offices, he replied with the words "Kenma Shevrit" and that was all. I went up there and came across a sign attached to the door that said "no public reception". I came down empty-handed and asked the same clerk why you were directing an elderly person like me (I'm over 80) to the fourth floor and he didn't know how to give a plausible answer. The same applies to my question: if you already hung a note, why didn't you do it at the entrance near the position you are sitting in? No answer was received for that either. Indeed, kind service to the elderly and consideration for him.

  3. Question: What do you do when you buy a new car and the sticker is on the old one? How and where do you change the character?

  4. I requested that an electronic monitor be installed for the benefit of the old residents at the bus stop on Elhanan Street 2
    After 3 inquiries - today I got back the inquiries from the public
    They told me that the answer I received is that my request is not expected.
    Really - thank you very much
    Shame, shame on the municipality that there is no prospect of putting up a column!!!!!
    Really caring for the citizen!!!!

  5. If we're going to do something for the benefit of the city's pensioners, why was there a need for overalls with so many documents? I already prefer to pay tax. Shekels to Pango

  6. I filled out again, and sent. Approval was received including a reference. Thanks.

  7. A cumbersome process that will cause a large part of those eligible not to ask for what the municipality offers.
    I filled out and sent - but no confirmation was received.
    I called the parking center to find out - they asked me to call in two days.
    Is this a serious process?

  8. A disgraceful move that is a capitulation to the already wealthy and embattled pressure group in the city of Haifa.
    While cities all over the country create incentives to attract a young population, and advocate for an equal burden in property taxes and provide benefits to young families, after all, Haifa is captive to the pressure group of retirees, and continues to drive away from it the young population who is required to bear an impossible, disproportionate burden of property taxes, while benefits and exemptions are distributed endlessly to the population Wealthy pensioners, well-off with budget pensions and luxury apartments, drive cars worth hundreds of thousands of shekels, but are unable to pay a few shekels for parking their luxury car.
    Yes, there is no doubt that pensioners in Zan, the electricity company, the municipality, the hospitals or the navy are simply not able to pay for parking with 11-15 thousand shekels without working a month. Now they will fill the parking spaces in the city. For example, in the center of Horev, the absurdity is at its peak: the retirees will arrive Clinics with free parking, and young families struggling to survive the cost of living, who have a single breadwinner, or are simply trying to pay huge mortgages, will be required to pay for parking.
    How much injustice can one city produce? How many injustices can one municipality produce? Should we be surprised that Haifa is a national leader in the escape of the young population, a national leader in the number of nursing homes and the percentage of the elderly population? Is this the bright future of Haifa - the city of the hair of the return, which punishes the young suckers who live there with the burden of property taxes, levies and fines in order to finance more and more benefits for the millionaire retirees in Carmel?
    The Haifa City Council, over half of it consists of young people who are supposed to represent this segment of the population, how did it happen that everyone raised their hands in favor of rich pensioners and not in favor of benefits for young families??

    • If you had bothered to read about the horrible topology required, you would have seen that this is a very small bargain. Where did you come up with the idea about the rich retirees of Haifa?

    • Kudos to the mayor for the wonderful initiative. Senior citizens indeed deserve this respectful treatment.
      It's a shame that the benefit was canceled for students in the city who groan under the heavy tuition fees, especially in the colleges in the lower city, when the payment for parking sometimes reaches two months of tuition fees in the colleges and almost a third of the tuition fees in the universities.
      Encourages the mayor to find a creative solution for students as well - times are difficult, there is no employment and any help will be useful.

  9. After seeing all the topasiada I have to fill out I decided to give up the note
    You can check all the details through the property tax and not make it difficult for the applicants

  10. Well done to you Einat Kalish-Rotem, Mayor of Haifa for your efforts for the welfare of the residents of Haifa. Well done Einat my dear friend.

  11. good evening,
    Receipt of confirmation of receipt of the form is delayed and there is no one in the email.
    Thanks

  12. are you crazy Crazy bureaucracy, an impossible form, especially for seniors. It's like you're telling us in advance to give up. I have never come across such a cumbersome form with so many forms that need to be attached. It's all a parking ticket, not a taboo lot!

    • Hello Mira,
      Inside the article there is a link to fill out an application form to receive the "Hipai Veteran" character. Click on the link and fill out the form.

  13. It would be good if you let the old residents know where, when and how the free parking tickets will be distributed.

    • Uri Sharon Shalom,
      In the body of the article there is a link, which must be clicked in order to fill out an application form for the "Hipai veteran" parking ticket.

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