11.   He was offered one of the apartments but could not afford the rent.

12.   If the tenant cannot afford the rent, will he leave quickly and be replaced by another tenant at the same rent?

13.   Johnson is a struggling musician who said he has been down on his luck, barely able to afford rent on his telemarketing salary.

14.   Often with low-rent apartments, there are heat or electrical problems and, sometimes, a family simply cannot afford the rent after they have moved in.

15.   Recent college graduates find themselves unable to land jobs in their chosen careers, or to afford rent for their first homes.

16.   The tavern closed last year for renovations after the family that had run its restaurant left because they could not afford the rent.

17.   Traders who cannot afford the rent can place orders in person or by telephone.

18.   When they could no longer afford the rent on their three-room apartment, they simply stopped paying it.

19.   Young people just out of college find themselves unable to land jobs in their chosen careers, or to afford rent for their first homes.

20.   But residents could not afford the rents and authorities were unable to maintain the complex.