米国2024：ホームレス人口が18％アップとのこと

　要因は生活費高騰、自然災害、移民の急増。…そりゃ増えるわな。

「The US homeless population increased by more than 18% in a year, driven by high housing costs, natural disasters and a spike in migration to large cities, government officials said.」

　というか、一応仮にも好景気だったのと違うか君たち―ということはちょっと思う。いえ微妙に悪性なインフレが起きてたんじゃないかとか、そういう理解もしますが―

BBC US homelessness hit record high in 2024　12 hours ago

Mike Wendling

　実数的には77万人（2024年1月）。これは前年同月比12％増加。2007年の統計開始以来最悪。

「The Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) said Friday that more than 770,000 people were in shelters, temporary housing or had no shelter, according to a survey carried out one night in January 2024.

The number follows a 12% increase the previous year and is the highest since the federal government began an annual count of the homeless population in 2007.」

　一時友人宅にいられるひとなどは除外されているわけで、準ホームレス状態のひとはもっとたくさんいるだろな、と。

「The figure is likely an undercount, as it does not include people temporarily staying with family and friends.」

　一家丸ごとホームレス―という例も激増というべきか。39％増、などとある。
　…移民に影響されているという13地点で激増。これは、移民の影響の少ない地域の8％なんて数字と比べ、えらく大きい。

「Family homelessness overall rose 39% from the year before, and more than doubled in 13 places that said they had been affected by migration.

That was in contrast to the more than 370 other local areas that did not report being affected by migration, where family homelessness rose less than 8% on average.」

　それ都市部と田舎との差異じゃないの？というのは実際、その通りなんじゃないかなー…。
　しかしロサンゼルスは状況改善。

「Los Angeles, which has some of the highest housing costs in the country, saw its homeless population shrink by 5%, the first decline in seven years, Hud officials said.」

「Some local authorities said an increasing number of asylum seekers resulted in higher figures.」

　他方、地方では亡命希望者―まあ越境者たちか―の増加がヒット。
　つまり対策を進めることができたか・その予算があるか・用意ができるか―という差だと。

「Natural disasters were another factor driving the high numbers.

The count included more than 5,200 people who were sleeping in emergency shelters in Hawaii, after devastating wildfires in Maui in August 2023.」

　…災害によるものは仕方ない。