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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
30,000 new Palestinian homes planned
2008-04-13
The Palestinian Investment Fund says it plans to build 30,000 affordable apartments in the West Bank and Gaza to ease a growing housing crunch.
If they'd quit shooting Kassams at Sderot, perhaps they wouldn't have their current housing flattened so frequently ...
An official in the fund said Saturday that the project will cost more than $2 billion, and that private investors will be involved. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement will only be made Monday. The official added that a mortgage company would be established as part of the project.
So the Paleos, without any tradition of actually doing this stuff, let along doing much of anything constructive, are going to 1) create a mortgage industry 2) plan an urban housing development 3) get private investors to go in on this and 4) build 30,000 high quality but affordable apartments.

Hell, if they can do that bring them to Baltimore ...
Posted by:Fred

#13  ...the project will cost more than $2 billion, and that private investors will be involved.

Ooh, how can buy shares in that?
Posted by: Formerly Dan   2008-04-13 18:42  

#12  This is snark, but it's still a great idea for West Bank and Gaza I followed the sidebar ad and found a bunch of pie-in-the-sky dreamers with NO actual construction, just dreams and hopes.

http://www.bicyclecity.com/

Definately well meaning moonbat territory, fun to read.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-04-13 15:47  

#11  maybe we should send our mexican friends too help out , even though they do shotty building it couldn't be worse than paleo construction. it's a win win situation as long as they keep them
Posted by: sinse   2008-04-13 14:10  

#10  Yeah, and at the same time the investors can finance high-tech greenhouses - to help create new jobs ... oh wait ...
Posted by: DMFD   2008-04-13 13:39  

#9  Sub-prime? No doubt State will want to bail them out too when their housing goes 'boom'.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2008-04-13 11:58  

#8  Talk about sub-prime...
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-04-13 11:21  

#7  soon as they're built (if ever...) plant the story that they contain Jooooo listening devices
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-13 10:34  

#6  New definition of 'housing boom' follows...
Posted by: Muggsy Gling   2008-04-13 10:31  

#5  Ima thinking the project stops after step 3.
Posted by: ed   2008-04-13 10:25  

#4  This should be amusing. Given the Paleo tradition of stealing everything down to the paint chips...
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-04-13 09:54  

#3  30,000 new Palestinian [armories protected by civilian] homes planned

Fixed.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2008-04-13 02:07  

#2  They'll probably be affordable because they won't have heat, light, gas, or water.
Shit, somebody will probably steal the money before they get built anyways...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-04-13 01:53  

#1  Maybe they should figure out a way to operate a refinery, to prevent the humiliation of waiting in line first.....
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-04-13 00:40  

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