Unable to afford repairs, it considered selling the building.

The island is being sold by the Cobb family, which has owned it for six generations, because it cannot afford the upkeep and repairs.

Why are we doing this, if we can't afford repairs in any case?

The station would not return to the air, because of the damages, and the owners' inability to afford repairs.

Even with the extra money earned from ghostwriting novels and political columns, Luciano still can't afford repairs on a grand country home whose ceiling rains plaster on his head while he works.

The nearest ambulance, in the firehouse at New Castle, less than a mile away, was out of service, because the local ambulance company could not afford repairs on the 12-year-old vehicle.

Mahan was unable to afford repairs and decontamination and was forced to sell Larinda.

The landlord couldn't afford repairs.

She and her father cannot afford repairs, so they petition FeedTech for assistance.

And from her house, now, she cannot even see the land; the windows are boarded up because she is unable to afford basic repairs.