Explore Affordable through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cheap or inexpensive. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Affordable in a sentence
Affordable meaning
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
Synonyms of Affordable
Using Affordable
- The main meaning on this page is: Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
- Useful related words include: low-cost, low-priced, cheap, inexpensive.
- In the example corpus, affordable often appears in combinations such as: affordable housing, of affordable, more affordable.
Context around Affordable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Affordable
- In this selection, "affordable" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, build, income, less, housing, homes and cars stand out and add context to how "affordable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include affordable cars weren, affordable housing growth, affordable housing, affordable homes and affordable units. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "affordable" sits close to words such as combat, contain and messages, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with affordable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Affordable cars weren't so affordable back then, not once you started adding basic options. (15 words)
Healthcare could become more affordable as the NHI aims to pool funds to provide affordable healthcare services. (17 words)
To help advance our work on affordable housing I’m proposing an increase to the Affordable Housing Fund. (18 words)
Twelve of the nineteen open market homes will be 3-bed, the rest 2-bed with the ten affordable homes for rent being smaller – six 1-bed and four 2-bed and with nine affordable homes for sale, made up of seven 2-bed and three 3-bed. (48 words)
Studies have shown that property values are largely unaffected by a home’s proximity to affordable housing, though, only about 10 percent of the new units proposed there will be “big ‘A’ affordable housing,” PK Realty president Jen Packard said. (40 words)
In smaller cities, fourplexes would still be allowed anywhere, if one of the units meets affordable housing requirements, and six-plexes would be allowed anywhere in larger cities, provided two of the units are affordable. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
One way Berkeley supports the creation of affordable housing is by requiring builders of market-rate housing to pay an affordable housing fee or to build affordable “in lieu” units on site.
Affordable cars weren't so affordable back then, not once you started adding basic options.
Affordable housing growth is largely funded by the federal government in the form of grants and tax credit allocations to state and local affordable housing agencies.
Developers of a mixed-income affordable housing complex in North Lawndale hope to inspire residents to return to a community where lack of affordable housing has driven people away.
Even though plant-based meats might be less affordable than their meat counterparts, proteins like black beans, lentils and other plants tend to be more affordable than meat.
Fifth, regarding affordable housing, the state could put a real estate transfer tax on the ballot; then use the proceeds to help pay for enough affordable housing to prevent gentrification.
I cochaired the committee that developed what became his affordable housing set-aside policy and participated on his affordable housing committee.
In smaller cities, fourplexes would still be allowed anywhere, if one of the units meets affordable housing requirements, and six-plexes would be allowed anywhere in larger cities, provided two of the units are affordable.
Quirk-Silva, a longtime champion of affordable housing, discussed the passage of SB4, which gives nonprofit colleges and churches, mosques and other faith institutions the right to build affordable housing on their land.
Studies have shown that property values are largely unaffected by a home’s proximity to affordable housing, though, only about 10 percent of the new units proposed there will be “big ‘A’ affordable housing,” PK Realty president Jen Packard said.
Those included passing an affordable housing mandate that increased fees on development and requires any large new housing project to include at least 8% affordable housing or pay substantial fees in lieu.
To help advance our work on affordable housing I’m proposing an increase to the Affordable Housing Fund.
Twelve of the nineteen open market homes will be 3-bed, the rest 2-bed with the ten affordable homes for rent being smaller – six 1-bed and four 2-bed and with nine affordable homes for sale, made up of seven 2-bed and three 3-bed.
According to the plans, 37 per cent of the new homes will be classed as “affordable housing” and council officers had suggested the need for affordable housing outweighs the impact on the green belt.
Although the city touts affordable housing development under Bill 7, the pace of development under the older measure — which had a goal of producing 500 affordable rental units per year — has been markedly slow.
Charlton Hamer, senior vice president of Habitat Company’s Affordable Group, said the pandemic worsened the stock of affordable housing units.
First homes and affordable rented homes would be provided along with a sum of money as a contribution towards off site affordable housing.
Governmental and private-sector attendees at BizWest’s Northern Colorado Affordable Housing Summit, held Thursday at Loveland Yards, split up into groups to identify obstacles and solutions to increase the supply of affordable housing.
Greeley area leaders made great strides throughout 2024 to tackle the growing issue of affordable housing and homelessness through affordable housing projects and additional funds.
Healthcare could become more affordable as the NHI aims to pool funds to provide affordable healthcare services.
Phrases with affordable
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with affordable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- affordable housing 109×
- of affordable 23×
- more affordable 18×
- and affordable 15×
- affordable and 14×
- for affordable 13×
- the affordable 12×
- most affordable 11×
- affordable homes 10×
- an affordable 7×