collocation · academic
housing affordability
UK/ˌhaʊ.zɪŋ əˌfɔːr.dəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/US/ˌhaʊ.zɪŋ əˌfɔr.dəˈbɪl.ə.ti/hous·ing af·FOR·da·bil·i·ty
How easy it is for people to afford buying or renting homes, relative to their incomes.
Examples
“Improving housing affordability should be a policy priority.”
“Rising wages failed to keep up with housing affordability in many cities.”
“Measures such as subsidies can affect housing affordability.”
Band 8 sentence
“The government's failure to tackle housing affordability has left younger generations locked out of the property market.”
Collocations
- improve housing affordability
- address housing affordability
- measure housing affordability
Word family
Common mistakes
affordability housing→housing affordability
the housing affordability are→housing affordability is
affordability of house→housing affordability
Say it for a higher band
5cheap housing→6housing costs→7+housing affordability
Synonyms
housing costs
Easily confused
housing costs
“Housing costs have soared in the city centre over the past decade.”
cost of living
“The rising cost of living is putting pressure on many families.”
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