在美国,住在汽车里的无家可归者有增多的趋势。对普通的无家可归者来说,其艰辛生活早已引起社会关注;但对那些住在汽车里的无家可归者,社会的关注度并不高。美国的社会问题专家把这类“新型”无家可归者称作“车上无家可归者”(motor homeless or vehicular homeless),社会问题专家认为,这类无家可归者在美国已经逐渐成为新的社会问题。专家们认为,当住房成本超过低收入者的工资收入时,“车上无家可归者”的数量就会大幅增加。 In the United States there is an increasing trend of homeless people living in cars. For ordinary homeless people, their hard life has long drawn social concern; but for homeless people living in cars, the public is not paying enough attention. Social scientists in the United States call such “new” homeless people “motor homeless or vehicular homeless,” social experts say such homelessness In the United States has gradually become a new social issue. Experts think the number of “homeless people on the car” will increase dramatically when the cost of housing exceeds the wage income of low-income earners.