The phrase "affordable form" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a version or format of something that is reasonably priced or accessible to a wider audience.
Example: "The company has released an affordable form of their software to cater to small businesses."
Alternatives: "cost-effective version" or "budget-friendly option".
The sour economy is probably helping, as movies are still a relatively affordable form of entertainment.
And none of these will be for social rent, the most affordable form of housing.
"I wanted to work with something that I could get out to more people in a more affordable form.
They contend that going to the movies remains an affordable form of entertainment at a time when prices for sporting events and other attractions have risen sharply.
If the cable cars succeed as a quick and affordable form of mass transit, they will be a feather in the government's cap.
With the patent pool, they will likely be available in affordable form in poor countries the same time that people can get them in the United States and Europe.
And then there are those perennial bogeymen, video games and the internet, affordable forms of entertainment that keep people inside, and away from real crime and drugs.
We do need more affordable forms of credit, but we should not delude ourselves that high-risk lending will ever be cheap.
As Mike Berners-Lee and I argue in The Burning Question, avoiding truly dangerous climate change means leaving most of the remaining fossil fuels in the ground – either forever or at least until there are affordable forms of carbon capture.
In order for these clean sources to become the centerpieces of our energy grid, we'll need more affordable forms of long-term storage, far better transmissions systems, or both.
"We've seen searches on 'lawn and garden' climbing on the Internet," Mr. Lyski says, which he also attributes to the fact that tasks like "painting a room, yard care, landscaping, gardening" are "real low-cost" and "affordable" forms of home improvement in a challenging economy.
