Kiryat Shmona
The original 1968 Garin Torani town, on the northern border. Ayalim is rebuilding its student village here with enhanced scholarships and free rent.
People
24,437
CBS, 2024-12-31
Rent, 3 rooms
₪2,647
Listings median, asking price. Signed leases typically run 2 to 5% below this, so it is not directly comparable to the CBS cities.
The cheapest place we hold a figure for. Listings median, 49 adverts.
Arnona here
No tariff on file for this city yet. The home-costs calculator uses a labelled national band until the city’s order is read.
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Checked 2026-09-10 · Weak evidence, treat as a guideEstimate this home’s running costs
Rental assistance here, by oleh status date
Paid from month 7 to month 30 after aliyah, by the address in the Population Registry. Which rate applies depends on the date you received oleh status.
| Oleh status | A month (single, couple, single parent) | |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1 March 2024 | An older schedule we do not compute | |
| 1 March 2024 to 31 March 2025 | The higher rate only if this town is on the priority, Negev and Galil list (order 429, annex A); otherwise the standard rate | |
| 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 | Higher rate | ₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239 |
| From 1 January 2026 | Higher rate | ₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239 |
| 2 June 2026 to 31 December 2026 | Higher rate plus ₪500 (order 432) | ₪1,836 / ₪2,500 / ₪2,739 |
The order 432 rows apply to status up to 31 December 2026, when the order expires, and are paid subject to budget.
CheckedConfidence: medium, confirm before actingSources: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: זכאות לסיוע בשכר דירה (Rental assistance for olim), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 429: זכאות סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Temporary order 429), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: נוהל 19.000: סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Procedure 19.000), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: יישובי מחוזות משרד הפנים: צפון, חיפה, דרום ויהודה ושומרון (district locality list), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 432: תוספת סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים לפי החלטות הממשלה 4194 ו-4238 (Temporary order 432)
Work out your own figure in the rental assistance calculatorPeriphery incentives
On the border-town list of temporary order 432, so oleh status from 2 June 2026 to 31 December 2026 adds NIS 500 a month on top of the higher district rate, months 7 to 30 like everywhere else.
Work out what the uplift is worth →Before you decide
Read the cheap rent alongside the reality: the city was evacuated after October 2023, reporting in December 2025 put returns at roughly 60%, and CBS’s preliminary May 2026 estimate is BELOW its end-2024 level. This is a market recovering from war, not simply a bargain.