Retailers have given up waiting for a turn in the housing market.

Cheaper housing would vastly improve the living standards of ordinary people.

更低廉的房价可大大改善老百姓的生活水平。

Poverty and bad housing conditions are still very much in evidence.

贫困和糟糕的住房条件仍很常见。

Many old people in Britain are living in bad housing.

英国有很多老人居住条件恶劣。

We will start to see the confidence in the housing market building up again.

我们将会看到，人们对房地产市场的信心将逐渐增强。

Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province.

其后，他将注意力转向了该省形势严峻的住房问题。

A few months ago I rang up about some housing problems.

几个月前，我打电话问过一些住房的问题。

The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.

抵押贷款利率最近的回升可能会扼杀房地产的复苏。

The local authority has said the area could be redeveloped for special needs housing.

地方政府说，这个地区可以重新进行开发，为有特殊需求的人群提供住房。

There have been swingeing cuts on government subsidies, on housing, food and fuel.

政府已经大幅度削减了其在住房、食品和燃料方面的补贴。

The housing was unfit for human habitation .

这种住房不适合居住。

the basic essentials of life, i.e. housing, food and water

生活的基本需要，即住房、食物和水

They live on a housing estate.

他们住在一个住宅区里。

A drop in interest rates gave a welcome fillip to the housing market.

降低利率给房屋市场带来利好刺激。

These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s.

这些贫民窟是20世纪60年代住房政策的遗迹。

The timbers of similar houses were painted with pitch.

类似房屋所用的栋木刷了沥青。

The houses are being sold because they are surplus to requirements.

这些因超出需求而闲置着的房子正在出售。

The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers.

这些纺织品被批发给零售商、时装店和其他制造商。

Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.

乡村的房价正在飙升。

A few guest houses had "No Vacancies" notices in their windows.

有几家旅社在窗户上贴出了“客满”的告示。

Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.

屋宇起平地，耕野生人烟。