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1、Lesson6TheRoofThatCostsTooMuchAproblemforpoorerAmericansthatmostvotersprefertoignore1.Motherhoodandapplepiearestillfine,butthethingmanyAmericansrelishmostthesedaysisowningtheirownhome.Twointhreehomesareownedbytheiroccupants,andthelowestmortgageratesinthreedecadeskeepthenumbersrising.Butthis
2、doesnotsuiteverybody.2.Therehavelongbeencities,suchasSanFranciscoandBoston,whichlureinsomanymembersoftheever-growingmiddleclassthatpoorerpeoplegetpricedoutofthehousingmarket.[2]Nowtheproblemisnational.AccordingtoareportbyHarvardUniversity,housepriceshavebeenjumpingaheadofincomes[3]inmostofA
3、merica’sbigcities.Eightofthe50biggestmetropolitanareashaveseenpricesrisebynearlyathirdinrealterms[4]since1997.Thenationalrateformortgageforeclosuresisata30-yearhigh,withIndiana,Ohio,MississippiandUtahtothefore.[5]3.TheDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment[6](HUD)defines“affordablehousing”a
4、sahomewhichcostslessthan30%ofafamily’sincome,ineitherrentoramonthlymortgage.Whenhouseholdspaymorethan30%theytendtoskimponothernecessities,suchashealthcare.JanetSmith,aprofessorofurbanplanningattheUniversityofIllinois,reckonsthat38%ofalltherentersintheChicagoarea—morethan180,000householdsare
5、inthissqueeze[7].Soarenearlyaquarterofthearea’shome-owners.Thesearenotjustthefamiliarpoor.Alotofteachersandnursesarestruggling.4.Somepeopleblamethehousingburdenhipartforothersocialills[8]—everythingfromchildrendoingbadlyatschooltotraffic-jammedroads.Unlessthehousingproblemisaddressed,claims
6、JuliaStaschattheMacArthurFoundation,Americawillwastemoneyonothersocialprogrammes.5.Nodoubtthehousingboomisunsustainable,andpriceswilleventuallyadjustthemselvestoincomes.[9]Butthatwilltaketime.Soaffordablehousinghasbecomeapoliticalissue.MayorThomasMeninoofBostonhaschampioneditattheConference
7、ofMayors,whichhecurrentlyheads(buthissolutionisapparentlytobringbackrentcontrols,whichintheendisnosolution).California’svotershavejustapproveda$2.1billionbondissuetosubsidisetheprovisionofcheaperhomes.6.Suchschemesusuallyinvolvecitiesrequisitioningland—o
