A vehicle owner (including a motorbike) as well as those using regularly a car that does not belong to them, may be entitled to a benefit only if the car value is below NIS 44,611 (as of Jan 01, 2024), and according to the other conditions of entitlement.
Those who reached retirement age, receive a survivors pension or a dependents benefit with income support supplement, may be entitled to a benefit if the vehicle is worth less than NIS 63,180 (as of Jan 01, 2024).
If you own a vehicle worth more than above amounts, you may be eligible for a benefit in the following cases:
- You are a authorized driverA person (either relative or caregiver) who has a valid driving license, who has been authorized by the National Insurance Institute to drive the vehicle belonging to the person with mobility limitation ,and who lives with the person with mobility limitation in the same building or in a nearby building which is up to 1500 meters from his home, or at a longer distance if these are the two closest buildings in the settlement. in a car belonging to a recipient of a mobility allowance.
- You, your spouse or your child suffer from impairment in the legs and have been recognized by a physician of the National Insurance Institute.
- You receive a disabled child benefit for your child.
- You or your spouse have is sick, and the sick's car license has been deposited at the License Bureau.
- You drive in your car a sick family member for medical treatments purposes frequently, related authorization is granted based a medical from a NII's physician.
Ownership of two cars in the family
A family having two cars and one of them is used to drive a disabled child or a mobility benefit recipient - the car designed to drive a disabled person does not negate entitlement to the benefit and will not be counted as an income. The second car, which is not designed to drive a disabled person, will be taken into account as an income and examined based on its value as described in this link.
A vehicle will not negate benefit eligibility for a period of up to 3 months:
- You are the parent of a child receiving a disabled child allowance or a mobility benefit, you have bought a new car or use another car - you will continue to be entitled to the benefit for 3 months, to give you the time require to sell your old car.
- You are the parent of a child who stopped receiving a disabled child allowance - you will continue to be entitled to income support benefit for 3 months from the end of you eligibility to disabled child allowance.
- A widow or widower, who do not hold a driver license, and the deceased spouse was the owner of the car - you will be eligible for the benefit for 3 months since the month of death.
- You have purchased an additional car and sold your car in a time frame of up to 3 months.