悉尼露宿街头者创六年最高纪录 只因房价太高

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.

悉尼市议会的工作人员和志愿者进行的一项非正式街头统计确认，悉尼市中心共有486名无家可归者露宿街头，创自2010年以来的最高纪录。

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

市长克洛弗·摩尔在一份声明中表示：“这是个悲惨的情况，我对这个数字激增感到非常难过。”

"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，她还表示：“我们都知道悉尼正处在房屋危机中，现在甚至连中等收入家庭在支付房租和抵押贷款方面都觉得困难。”

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.

住房负担能力的下降是导致出现大量无家可归的人的主要原因。无家可归的人的数字也比去年多了将近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.

悉尼议会公布的数据显示，自2006年以来，悉尼的房租中位数上涨近60%，而同一时期内家庭收入只增加了48%。据估计，在当地委员会管辖的约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.

周五的一项报告也指出，无家可归者这一群体受到精神病与滥用药品的问题所困扰