首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The recent social and economic changes in the US have great impact on all the American housing system.
The recent social and economic changes in the US have great impact on all the American housing system.
admin
2019-10-21
60
问题
The recent social and economic changes in the US have great impact on all the American housing system.
In recent years, there have been great social and economic changes in the United States. And, these changes have affected almost all of America’s housing system, from home building to home buying.
First of all, American families are becoming smaller. People nowadays are having fewer children, or choosing not to have children at all. Many people are marrying later in life. And about 40% of all American marriages end in divorce.
All this means that many Americans now want smaller houses. And a large percentage are buying apartments.
This has created a shortage of rental housing in many parts of the country. It has caused special difficulties for those who are old or poor, and do not have the money to buy a place of their own.
Some people are solving this problem by forming cooperatives. In a cooperative , everyone in an apartment building joins together and buys a share of the building. If 20% of those living in the cooperative have low earnings, then the group can get a low-interest loan from the government. If people want to sell their share in the cooperative, they can not earn more than they paid for it. This helps keep the cost of cooperatives low.
Recent concern over the cost of energy also has brought changes in American housing. Some people are moving back to the cities, to save the cost of driving long distances to work. And, many Americans have begun to look for homes that cost almost nothing to heat, because the temperature of the earth changes very little as the season changes.
Other new houses get their energy from the sun. During the day, heat from sunlight is collected through windows on the south side of the house. At night, the windows are covered, and the collected warmth heats the home.
Recently, the American economy has also had a major effect on American housing. Inflation has pushed the cost of homes higher and higher. And, interest rates have become very high. Buyers now must pay as much as 18 percent interest for housing loans.
Americans with just moderate earnings now find it very difficult to make monthly payments on a new home. In the last few months, even apartments have grown too expensive for most people to buy.
These developments have brought about a crisis in America’s housing industry. Officials say that homes now are selling only half as fast as they do in a good year.
Many home building companies are closing. And unemployment in that industry is now more than 16 percent much higher than in most other American industries.
Officials in the housing industry have taken some steps to end this crisis. Banks are permitting people to make lower monthly payments when they move into new houses. Then they increase the payments at a later time.
Some builders are helping buyers pay the high interest rates on their mortgages. Builders say they are not earning any money this way. But, they say at least they are surviving.
Builders are also looking for ways to put together houses at a lower cost. One way is to build as much of the house as possible in a factory. Some houses—called mobile homesites are made completely in factories, then transported to the buyer.
选项
A、TRUE
B、FALSE
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ReWd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Oneofthemostimportantsocialdevelopments(31)helpedtomakepossibleashiftinthinkingabouttheroleofpubliceducatio
______wasopenedtomepublicasearlyasl978?______isofhigherartisticqualitythanmostimperialtombs?
Whichofthefollowingcanproducethestrongestshock?Thelanguageofthepassageismostly
Whichofthefollowingcanproducethestrongestshock?Whyarehorsesusedtocatchtheelectriceels?
AnotherearlyNativeAmericantribein(31)isnowthesouthwesternpartoftheUnitedStateswastheAnasazi.ByA.D.800theA
Welearnfromthepassagethatnavigationcomputers______.Thenavigationcomputerfunctions______.
Employeestodayworkshorterhoursbuttakelongervacationthanin1979.
A=HallucinogensB=CocaineC=AlcoholWhichdrug...mayslowdownbodyfunction?71.______canleadtothe
Besidesthefunctionsasavitalentertainmentmedium,whatelsecanpeopleuseaTVas?
随机试题
患者男,19岁。近日发热、肌肉痛,后迅速出现皮肤大片瘀斑,头痛,意识紊乱,少尿,尿色加深,溶血性贫血,诊断为血栓性血小板减少性紫癜。该患者血小板生存时间缩短的原因是
患者,男,56岁。右侧腹股沟肿块,站立过久出现,平卧消失无痛,有时肿块可进入阴囊。检查发现右侧阴囊内梨形肿块10cm×8cm大小,可还纳,压内环腹压增加肿物不出现,透光实验阴性。下列属于腹外疝发生的后天因素有
血凝块回缩的主要原因是
应治以何方()更兼喘促、汗出、脉虚浮数之急症,应吞服何药急救()
属于碳苷的是不易被稀盐酸水解的是
急性阑尾炎用于协助诊断的体征是什么?
关于申请领取施工许可证的说法,正确的有()。
下列各项中会在设备调试和初期使用阶段出现的情况有()。
请认真阅读下列材料,并按要求作答。简述小学美术课程的基本理念。
Thetechnicalknow-how,ifnotthepolitical(i)______,appearsalreadyathandtofeedtheworld’sexplodingpopulationandso
最新回复
(
0
)