140.As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especiallyhard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, andrising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent oftheir incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs tooffset the expenditures. (A)and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and (B)since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, (C)for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet还是不明白这个yet怎么可以放这里表示转折 (D)and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however, (E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for