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最近在Quora上面沒頭沒腦的問了很多問題，想說反正不用錢就有啥問啥，不過大部分的問題其實都沒辦法得到很完整的解答，也許是我問的問題都比較嚴肅一點，不過有時還是可以得到一些有參考價值的回覆，想說把它整理一下吧順便練習英文！
第一個問題是因為在我來Montreal後，在路上常常看到很多無家可歸的人，心想在加拿大這樣的國家，不知道政府如何處裡這樣的問題，問題又從哪來的？所以就發了個問題上去。
I live in Montreal recently and I've been seeing many homeless in the street, I heard some information from my friend, he told me some of them is from mental hospital , is it true ? Can anyone give me some information about it ? Thanks a lot !
以下為某位網友的解答：
The problem was created by two factors:
- The destruction of very low cost housing, generally in favour of redevelopment
- Deinstitutionalization, which put very marginal people out on the street
- The destruction of very low cost housing, generally in favour of redevelopment
- Deinstitutionalization, which put very marginal people out on the street
這問題是由兩個主要原因所造成的，第一個是低成本房屋的破壞，而主流意見是贊成重建（之後會提到原因），第二是非制度化*（哭么阿這字怎麼念），造成許多社會邊緣人流落街頭
* Deinstitutionalization，這TMD是個非常學術的字，意思是非制度化或非機構化，在估狗大神的幫助下，這個字在這裡的理解方式，應該是去除某些機構的公共設施性質，也許是指以往這些住所是由政府所補助的？
For example, both in Toronto and Montreal, there used to be low cost hotels in very unsavoury parts of town that could provide long term housing for people who had very little money. For the most part, those places were shut down (largely and legitimately for safety reasons), but because the real estate they were on became more valuable, they were often redeveloped.
以多倫多跟蒙特婁來說，在某些城鎮的邊緣地帶，以往有些低成本的旅館長期提供住處給低收入的人們，這些地方後來出於合理的安全考量而關閉，之後再因地價提升而改建
The problem was that a lot of these low cost residential hotels were shut down or redeveloped with nothing to replace them. For example, deinstitutionalization (which was a fantastic idea by the way) was supposed to be replaced by group homes in the community. Problem is that very few of those homes actually opened up, so there was nowhere for these people to go.
The problem was that a lot of these low cost residential hotels were shut down or redeveloped with nothing to replace them. For example, deinstitutionalization (which was a fantastic idea by the way) was supposed to be replaced by group homes in the community. Problem is that very few of those homes actually opened up, so there was nowhere for these people to go.
問題是這些提供住所的旅館，在關閉或改建後並沒有新的替代方案，舉例而言，這些住所非制度化後應該要有替代家園或社區，問題是只有少部分的重啟，所以剩下的人就沒地方去了
Now, some industrial countries have virtually no homelessness. It's virtually unknown in the Scandianavian countries. However, they pursue several policies to make sure everyone has some sort of roof over their head without depending on temporary shelters.
在某些工業化的國家沒有這種問題，像是優秀的北歐等國，他們試著擬定一些政策來確保無家可歸者有個長期住處，而非短暫的住所
In the big Canadian cities, the most appropriate solution appears to be that suggested by Toronto activist Michael Schapcott - build purpose designed buildings to house large numbers of homeless people. His figures show that this solution costs less than $300 a month for a single person. Keeping a single person in private rental housing with government support costs about $800 a person.
在加拿大的大城市裡，最適合的解決方案應該是由一名多倫多的社會運動者所提出的，建造一些以居住為目的建築來容納數目龐大的流浪漢，他提供的數據指出，每人每月所需的成本低於300元（應指加幣），若是住在由政府所支持的私人套房則需要800元左右
The big problem is the big up front capital cost. There doesn't seem to be any money for this purpose and, for the most part, there hasn't been since the 1970s. I live in a co-op which was funded through a guaranteed bridge loan of about $950,000. The government guaranteed the loan, but a bank put up the money at what was then a decent interest rate of about 10% per year. However, that sort of money doesn't exist any more, and co-ops are feeling the squeeze as their subsidies for low income members are about to expire over the next 5-20 years.
The big problem is the big up front capital cost. There doesn't seem to be any money for this purpose and, for the most part, there hasn't been since the 1970s. I live in a co-op which was funded through a guaranteed bridge loan of about $950,000. The government guaranteed the loan, but a bank put up the money at what was then a decent interest rate of about 10% per year. However, that sort of money doesn't exist any more, and co-ops are feeling the squeeze as their subsidies for low income members are about to expire over the next 5-20 years.
大約從1970年代開始，政府便沒有撥出預算來做這件事，我住在一個由政府擔保貸款的合作公寓裡（金額約為95萬元），銀行的利率為一年10% ，但這樣的款項已經不復存在了，合作社感到被壓榨，因為它們為低收入成員的補貼將在5~20年到期
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好吧，其實最後一段我也不是很瞭哈哈，反正大致上是這樣，略懂略懂就行了科科
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