For years, there has been one plan after another designed to deal with the housing crisis. None of the plans have any reference to the public that is homeless, says Danny Gigi, CEO of the Public Housing Forum.

Gigi: "Israel lacks tens of thousands of public apartments compared to the number of apartments in Europe and the government continues to neglect and eliminate public housing" The government's long-term rental models have also collapsed, so yesterday's conference is simply a joke, says Gigi.