(haipo) As 2026 approaches, Haifa residents are currently receiving their property tax payment for the upcoming year. Alongside the routine charge, a new item has been added this year: the maintenance levy for 2026, which was established by virtue of a municipal by-law approved in February 2025, and which has now come into effect.
The security levy, which was intended to strengthen the city's security and security system, was formulated after the mayor's attempts to finance the project from the city budget were unsuccessful. As a result, and in what was defined as "no choice," it was decided to impose the financing of the measure on the city's residents, through a dedicated bylaw.
With the receipt of payment demands, the Haifa system began receiving inquiries from residents regarding the new levy. Some are expressing dissatisfaction with the move and are even considering protest measures against the decision. Others are waiting to see whether there will indeed be a real change on the ground and whether the sense of personal security in the city will improve following the collection of the levy. We at the Haifa system will continue to monitor and examine whether the move indeed brings about the promised change.
The security levy: How much will it cost and what is the money for?
According to the bylaw, the levy is 2.32 shekels per built-up square meter per year, and it will be collected for a period of three years until 12/19/28. For example, the owner of an apartment with an area of 100 square meters will pay approximately 232 shekels per year, in addition to other municipal and state payments.
The levy is intended to finance a significant expansion of the municipal security system, which includes:
- 90 assistant inspectors – who will patrol throughout the city and form an auxiliary force for municipal policing.
- 6 shift supervisors – who will supervise the activities of the security system.
- 8 patrol vehicles – will be transported throughout the city to provide a rapid response to unusual events.
- 4×4 vehicle – for use in complex terrain conditions.
- 10 motorcycles – which will allow for a rapid response in urgent cases.
- Additional budget for security at municipal events.
- 3 night shift dispatchers – who will operate the municipal hotline.
- Depreciation and overhead expenses – for the maintenance of equipment and associated services.
As mentioned, the question of the effectiveness of the security levy and its impact on the sense of personal security of Haifa residents will be examined in the coming months and years. Haifa will continue to closely monitor the implementation of the decision and its implications on the ground.
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I'm shocked. 31 NIS in addition to the property tax bill. There is no limit to the audacity of this municipality. I'll stop maintaining security and nothing will change. They'll go clean up Hadar Khalisa, etc., where most of the crime is committed. What else will they come up with to steal from the residents?! Shocking.
It's a shame to ask income support recipients for a maintenance levy. They barely make ends meet. Those who received an exemption from property taxes must also receive a maintenance levy. It's not for nothing that it's written in the law. I don't understand the difference. Both are money. Yona, I love you to hell. If you don't cancel this unnecessary levy on income support recipients, we'll never elect you.
Oh no, something asked for this in the first place.
We lack police, we need more internal police.
We saw these zero-sum inspectors in the days of Corona, working because they would reign, suddenly they received authority
We have to pay to be persecuted.
gall!!!
Tin municipality
Dismantle all the councils in the country and call committees urgently, like New York with 10 million and 1 council house, true they got a Swedish name, but it will pass.
What kind of guard and what kind of flower pots? Put a permanent guard post on the Louis Promenade, which is the epicenter of the mess in Carmel.
Simply thieves in broad daylight, an invention of the Haifa municipality, but the ones to blame are all the residents who chose Haifa.
Weighing the cost of all the things detailed in the article, you will reach a maximum of 30 million shekels per year. A 100 square meter apartment will pay another 230 shekels every two months, in addition to 1500 shekels in property taxes (15.3% increase). Together with an increase of 1.6%, we reached a jump of 18% in one year!! The municipality brought in 1.8 billion shekels last year, which means that this year another 330 million shekels will be added to the municipality. What justification is there for this? What exactly will they pay with this money besides the 90 impotent inspectors who will walk around the city and do nothing!?
There is only one cure for this robbery – a tax revolt that will bring them to their knees within a few months.
Robbery through property taxes... this is raising property taxes in a different, more expensive name.
After all, the 5 deputies and the mayor cost 50 million shekels. Hundreds of senior municipal officials in invented departments and in absurd upgrades that increase salary expenses by tens of millions of shekels –
In all of these, it was possible to cut back on the celebration and fund security.
The municipal workers' committee steals the city's budget from property taxes, and has now moved on to stealing directly from the pockets of residents.
Without checking and without knowing, this levy is like one big, crappy water filter.
As a resident of Kiryat Haim, we will not feel and there will be no change. It's all extortion approved by the law.
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What sense of security? Was there a sense of security until now? Hahaha…
Walking around in luxury after 7pm is the fear of God.
Even in the center of Carmel, it no longer feels safe at night.
Louis Promenade on a Friday night with drunks that you're afraid someone will jump on you from some bush.
A security levy is just another ploy to extort money from the public so that some security guards can go around the city and do errands. That's how I see it.
Another theft in property taxes.
Where did you see security on the streets?
liars
Where have you seen a 4×4, nothing and nothing.
No motorcycles or sweet potatoes.
Vanity of vanities. Another reason to fund Haifa municipality employees.
That's all well and good, but how do we know if the levy is going to the purpose for which it was imposed and not to cover deficits in other areas?
Just collect and collect more and more, what about the residents themselves??
Tired of living with A+ property taxes and seeing the sidewalks broken and the roads with holes, businesses closing left and right along the Moriah axis, streets that are clearly not clean, and I'll even start a recycling program for plastic.
What is happening with the prices of the Carmel Tunnels?
Didn't he promise that the price would go down? For now, it's only going up..
Great dove, thanks to everyone who voted for this disgraceful person again
Although I remained in a relatively large apartment, I am now a permanent resident of the apartment. Why do I have to pay maintenance tax like a family of 5 who has a larger maintenance fee?
Is there a discount for retirees?
The tax is based on the area of the boat, not on the number of people.
This is stated in the article.
If you have a boat – it is justified to pay a high maintenance fee…