请大家帮看下这道题吧。

             During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.

(A) that they can

(B) that they could

(C) on which they can

(D) because they can

(E) for which they could

我当时选的D，答案给的是A。请问D错误的原因仅仅是因为时态错误吗？