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Houses are essential for people. Some people think that the government should offer free houses for people who cannot afford to pay for it. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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In recent years,
due to
 the rapid development of
economy
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the economy
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, the price of
house
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houses
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 has been increasing,
more
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and more
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 and more
people
 cannot afford to buy or
rent
.
However
, as a necessity, a
house
 is dispensable. I think the
government
 should provide housing for
people
 who can’t afford it.
This
 can be known by analyzing different
people
’s degrees and where they live. I think the first one is that
people
 can’t afford housing because of their
education
.
Due to
 the lack of serious
education
 during the teenage years, some
people
 do not listen to the teacher in class, and after class, they only want to play.
This
result
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results
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 in a very low level of
education
. Many
people
 even only after graduation from primary and middle school can only engage
some
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in some
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 simple work, so the monthly income is low because it does not require much mental work.
This
meager
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meagre
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 income
also
 needs to support a person’s food and transportation expenses for a month and so on. So, there is less money to buy a
house
 or
rent
 a
house
.
As a result
, sometimes the
government
 should give a hand. The second reason is the geographical environment. In some big
cities
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,cities
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 their economy is developing very fast, but the total area of the city is very small, so it is more difficult to buy or
rent
house
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a house
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 where there is little money. In some cases, a month's
rent
 is two- or
three-times
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three times
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 what
people
 with decent jobs in the area earn in a month, a person who doesn’t earn very little can’t do
this
 either. But in order to live there, the
government
 should help. In conclusion, the
government
 should provide housing for the above
people
 who are poorly educated because of
lack
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a lack
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 of
education
 and for those who cannot afford to buy a
house
 because of geography.
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