August CPI, published today (Sunday) summed up the results of the government's housing policy, set the price of housing in the crosshairs: Since the finance minister, Moshe Kahlon, took office on May 14, 2015, house prices increased by 13.5% (in June July of 2019, housing prices declined by 0.3%). The new government is expected to try to repair the damage caused by the construction industry mistaken policy, but at least in the near future trend is not expected to change. In front of the expected increase in demand for housing due to population growth and other processes, there is no sign of an increase in supply in the next three years. Supply is determined by the number of building starts, and this figure has not changed even slightly decreased to less than 50 thousand apartments a year - far below the target ...