affordable /əˈfɔːdəbl/

Nevertheless, the affordable housing situation is desperate.

然而，可负担住房的状况却十分严峻。

While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing £ 4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.

尽管这些措施在短期内值得欢迎，但我们必须正视这样一个事实：现有的45亿英镑的拨款计划用于资助新建可负担住房，该计划将于2015年到期，很可能不会延长。

While the government’s commitment to long-term funding may have changed, the very pressing need for more affordable housing is real and is not going away.

尽管政府对长期资金的承诺可能已经改变，但对更多可负担住房的迫切需求是真实存在的，并不会消失。

renew the affordable housing grants programme

重新启动可负担住房资助计划

While younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospects for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life” face a tougher climb than earlier generations in reaching such signpost achievements as securing a good-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.

虽然年轻人比他们的长辈对当前刚开始生活的人的前景稍微乐观一些，但两个群体中的大多数人认为，如今刚开始生活的人要达到诸如找到高薪工作、组建家庭、管理债务和找到负担得起的住房等标志性成就，所面临的挑战比早期几代人更大。