悉尼露宿街頭者創六年最高紀錄 只因房價太高

An informal "street count" by staff of City of Sydney council and volunteers has identified 486 homeless people sleeping rough in the inner city, the highest figure since the initiative was launched in 2010.

悉尼市議會的工作人員和志願者進行的一項非正式街頭統計確認，悉尼市中心共有486名無家可歸者露宿街頭，創自2010年以來的最高紀錄。

"This is a tragic situation and I am deeply saddened by the dramatic rise in numbers," Lord Mayor Clover Moore said in a statement.

市長克洛弗·摩爾在一份聲明中表示：“這是個悲慘的情況，我對這個數字激增感到非常難過。”

"We all know Sydney is in the grip of a housing crisis, and now even middle-income earners are finding it tough to pay their rents and mortgages," she said.

此外，她還表示：“我們都知道悉尼正處在房屋危機中，現在甚至連中等收入家庭在支付房租和抵押貸款方面都覺得困難。”

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Declining housing affordability was contributing to the high numbers of homeless people identified by the count, which was almost 25 per cent higher than last year.

住房負擔能力的下降是導致出現大量無家可歸的人的主要原因。無家可歸的人的數字也比去年多了將近25%。

According to council figures, Sydney's mean rental prices have jumped almost 60 percent since 2006 while household incomes have grown by 48 percent. It estimated that 84 percent of low-income households in the council's jurisdiction are paying 30 percent of their gross income on housing.

悉尼議會公佈的數據顯示，自2006年以來，悉尼的房租中位數上漲近60%，而同一時期內家庭收入只增加了48%。據估計，在當地委員會管轄的約84%低薪家庭，三成收入是用在住房方面。

A report on Friday showed mental illness and substance abuse are rife within the homeless community.

週五的一項報告也指出，無家可歸者這一羣體受到精神病與濫用藥品的問題所困擾