The phrase 'has been affordable' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to refer to something that is or has been available at a reasonable price. For example: The cost of living in this city has been affordable for many years.
Mr. Amrhein, who moved to New York from Los Angeles in 1989, said, "Brooklyn has been affordable; it has allowed artists and dealers to take the kinds of creative risks that would be harder for high-overhead Manhattan galleries even to consider".
Another beneficiary of cap-and-trade funding has been affordable housing.
We did not ask about the consumption of tomatoes and cucumbers, since it has been affordable to all in Gaza at dumping prices, due to lack of export opportunities as a consequence of frequent border closures.
The subjects were instructed to exclude tomatoes and cucumbers when they answered the question on consumption of vegetables, since these are traditionally served at each meal and has been affordable to all SES groups in Gaza at dumping prices.
Fifteen years ago they would have been affordable for teachers, medical workers and mid-ranking professionals.
Just because cautiously set minimum wages have been affordable so far, this doesn't mean there's scope for unlimited increases without some negative impacts.
At a recent party, a couple from upstate New York told me about a neighborhood in Brooklyn, how housing there had been affordable in their youth, if only they'd acted.
The Resolution Foundation, a thinktank that specialises in analysing trends in living standards, claimed "strengthening economic conditions and a buoyant jobs market meant a rise of 4% would have been affordable".
By Sam Lipsyte At a recent party, a couple from upstate New York told me about a neighborhood in Brooklyn, how housing there had been affordable in their youth, if only they'd acted.
Because nobody else has been trying to create a big group by buying these smaller suppliers, prices have been affordable.
