For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected.

For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected.

对于一个大国来说，在为本国年轻人提供住房方面表现自己的无能，就等于承认自己的失败，而这种失败必须得到纠正。