51. The federal program provides rent subsidies, making up the difference between what a family can afford and what is deemed the fair market rent. 52. The family cannot afford to repair the two rooms that were destroyed by a Taliban rocket three years ago. 53. The real problem is that only affluent families can afford them, she said. 54. The study also found that the high cost of child care made it virtually impossible for poor families to afford it. 55. They calculated how much each family could afford, then went out to collect. 56. This year the family cannot afford him. 57. Two others are old enough for kindergarten but the family cannot afford the cost. 58. What poor family could afford that? 59. When her boys were young, she says, the family could not afford toys or clothes for Christmas. 60. While she said not all families can afford home improvements, some of them cost nothing. |