Mar
28
In a Country of Top Scientists, No One Can Fix Housing Market
ByPhotographer: Gil Cohen Magen/AFP via Getty Images
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Kahlon may lack political oxygen to build enough houses
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Low interest rate undercutting efforts to drive down prices
Israelis invented advanced missile interceptors and some of the world’s top treatments for cancer. Yet when it comes to the mundane task of building affordable housing, this nation of scientists and software engineers hasn’t quite cracked the code.
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s political future may rest on whether he can do just that…
In a Country of Top Scientists, No One Can Fix Housing Market