Name: 加州RV遊民越來越多，「廂型車大亨」卻趁機大賺一筆！ (RV Homelessness Is On The Rise In California, And 'Vanlords' Are Cashing In)
Uploaded: 2026-03-02T22:09:11.000Z
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It's a shared space at the back of the RV park where she lives with her boyfriend.

這是她和男友住的 RV 園區後方的共用空間。

They used to park their RV on the street until they moved here.

他們以前把 RV 停在路邊，直到搬到這裡。

I need you to put more spaces at your RV park.

我需要你在你的 RV 園區增加更多停車位。

Victoria Garibaldi runs the show here at the Berryessa Safe Parking site in San Jose.

Victoria Garibaldi 在聖荷西的 Berryessa Safe Parking 園區負責一切。

I do this because I myself was homeless as well.

我這麼做是因為我以前也曾經無家可歸。

So I know what it's like to not have a shower, to not have food.

所以我知道沒有地方洗澡、沒有東西吃是什麼感覺。

In Santa Clara county, home to Apple, Google, and

在聖他克拉拉郡，這裡有 Apple、Google，還有

eight of America's 50 most expensive zip codes, the number of people living in RVs full time in the region has surged.

全美 50 個最貴的郵遞區號中有 8 個，當地全職住在 RV 的人數激增。

County data shows the portion of homeless individuals sleeping in vehicles have more than doubled since the pandemic, from 18% in 2019 to 37% in 2025.

郡數據顯示，自疫情以來，睡在車輛裡的遊民比例增加了一倍多，從 2019 年的 18% 增加到 2025 年的 37%。

These aren't inventor seeking van lifers who opt to live in vans for freedom.

這些人不是為了自由而選擇住在露營車裡的創業者。

It's a way to find shelter in a state that's short up to three and a half million housing units.

這是在這個住房單位短缺高達三百五十萬戶的州裡，尋找庇護所的一種方式。

When you stand back and look at California, you see two crises at once.

當你退一步看加州，你會同時看到兩個危機。

that has inflated home prices and created the fifth highest rate of homelessness in the United States.

導致房價飆漲，並造成美國第五高的遊民率。

And then layered on top of that, we have one of the lowest inventories of shelter available for people who become homeless.

接著，我們又面臨了無家可歸者可用的庇護所庫存量極低的問題。

So in other words, in California, you're more likely to become homeless than almost any other state.

也就是說，在加州，你比幾乎任何其他州都更容易變得無家可歸。

And when you do, you're more likely to become homeless on the streets rather than in the shelter than almost any other state.

而且當你變得無家可歸時，你比幾乎任何其他州都更有可能露宿街頭，而不是住在庇護所。

This RV lot opened just a year ago and now is among the largest in the state of California.

這個露營車停車場一年前才啟用，現在已是加州最大的之一。

With a full wait list, it represents one city's answers to a growing crisis of RV homelessness in which individuals without homes live long term in RVs.

由於候補名單已滿，它代表了一個城市對日益嚴峻的露營車遊民危機所提出的解決方案，這種危機是指無家可歸者長期居住在露營車裡。

Others park their RVs on city streets, and some don't even own the RVs they're living in.

有些人將他們的露營車停在市區街道上，有些甚至不擁有他們所居住的露營車。

Instead, they rent them from an underground market of vanlords.

相反地，他們是從一個地下市場的「廂型車房東」那裡租來的。

For renters, it's one of the few options between communal shelters and the streets.

對於租客來說，這是介於公共庇護所和街頭之間的少數選擇之一。

But advocates and lawmakers say the arrangement is often exploitative, with no tenant protections and and vanlords able to demand payment or threaten eviction at will.

但倡議人士和立法者表示，這種安排經常是剝削性的，沒有租戶保護，而且廂型車房東可以隨時要求付款或威脅驅逐。

The person confides in you that this person is extorting them for a large sum of money, 5, $600 a month to use their RV, and

那個人跟你說，對方正在敲詐他們，每個月要收高達 5,600 美元的露營車使用費，而且

they'll come to me and tell me, hey, this person hasn't paid me rent.

他們會來找我說，嘿，這個人沒付我租金。

I don't let them on the site or on the property.

If they are in a van lording situation, I make them a priority.

如果他們是廂型車出租的情況，我會優先處理。

I tell the case manager, look, this person is about to lose their rv.

我會告訴個案管理員，看，這個人快要失去他們的露營車了。

CNBC spoke to one vanlord and several individuals renting out RVs in varying states.

CNBC 採訪了一位廂型車房東，以及幾位正在出租露營車的個人，這些露營車狀況不一。

Some very well kept, others falling apart.

有些保存得很好，有些則破舊不堪。

None agreed to appear on camera as the issue is contentious and in some cases illegal.

沒有人同意出現在鏡頭前，因為這個問題爭議很大，而且在某些情況下是非法的。

San Jose enacted a law last year to crack down on the practice of van lording, banning people from renting out RVs as housing on city streets.

聖荷西去年頒布了一項法律，嚴厲打擊露營車出租行為，禁止民眾將露營車當成住宅出租在市區街道上。

When people rent in apartments, there are rules they must follow.

人們租賃公寓時，必須遵守一些規定。

But renting an RV doesn't really have the same protections, and

但租賃露營車並沒有相同的保障，而且

it's very damaging for the people who are renting.

這對租賃者造成了很大的傷害。

Cohen says there's also pushback in neighborhoods where RV communities have become entrenched.

科恩表示，在露營車社區已經根深蒂固的鄰裡之間，也出現了反彈。

The city now has two safe parking sites that can house up to 128 RVs at a time.

該市現在有兩個安全的停車地點，一次最多可容納 128 輛露營車。

We are trying to walk that balance between offering services, keeping our streets safe, and

我們正試圖在提供服務、確保我們的街道安全，以及

making sure that there are resources available for people who need it.

確保有資源提供給有需要的人之間取得平衡。

It's funded by a city grant and is run through, We Hope, a local homelessness nonprofit.

這是由市政府補助的經費，並透過我們希望的當地無家可歸者非營利組織來營運。

Residents are provided a parking space for their RV for free.

居民可以免費獲得一個露營車停車位。

They provide dinner, they provide breakfast, they provide the showers and the washrooms to wash, to wash our clothes and stuff.

他們提供晚餐、早餐、淋浴間和洗衣服的設施。

Plus the community garden where Selena grows her vegetables, and even a dog park.

還有社區花園，Selena 在那裡種菜，甚至還有個狗公園。

Believe it or not, residents live here as long as they need to while they save money in search for a place of their own.

說出來你可能不信，住在這裡的居民只要有需要，就可以一直住下去，同時存錢尋找自己的住所。

And in exchange, they meet weekly with caseworkers who help them transition into traditional housing.

而且作為交換，他們每週都會與社工見面，社工會協助他們搬進傳統的房屋。

There's no timeline for leaving, but most do within a few months.

沒有規定的離開時間，但大多數人會在幾個月內搬走。

Garvey 市議員，有什麼可以幫您的嗎？

But not everybody gets access to free parking spots like Salina.

但不是每個人都能像 Selena 一樣享有免費停車位。

That includes all the utilities and taxes.

Once a low cost option for tourists, this RV park in an industrial corner of San Francisco now charges as much for a parking spot as some Bay Area apartments do for rent.

這個位於舊金山工業區的 RV 露營地，曾經是遊客的平價選擇，現在一個停車位的價格，跟灣區一些公寓的租金差不多。

It houses people who take on some of the city's toughest jobs, dock workers, janitors and day laborers.

這裡住著一些從事城市裡最艱苦工作的人，像是碼頭工人、清潔工和臨時工。

而那 2,500 美元只是停車位的費用。

And it doesn't include the RV itself, the hard working people.

這還不包含 RV 本身，以及那些辛勤工作的人們。

And they're sort of middle, lower middle class, working class.

他們大多是中產階級、下層中產階級、勞動階級。

In San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie enacted legislation in July to address RV homelessness on city streets, where individuals say people have been tapping into public utilities and leaving debris for others to clean up.

在舊金山，市長 Daniel Lurie 在七月頒布了法案，以解決市區 RV 露宿的問題，有人表示，人們一直在盜接公共水電，並留下垃圾給他人清理。

It's unfair to the general community to have these large vehicles that become very large homeless encampments in certain spaces.

讓這些大型車輛在特定區域變成大型的遊民營地，對一般大眾來說很不公平。

There are now two hour parking restrictions for large vehicles citywide, with few exceptions.

現在全市對大型車輛實施兩小時停車限制，只有少數例外。

City workers are reaching out to RV dwellers to offer subsidized housing, and

市府人員正接觸 RV 居民，提供補貼的住房，

permits are being made available for those who are actively engaged and awaiting placement.

並為那些積極參與並等待安置的人提供許可證。

We're really trying to mitigate that while helping the people inside.

我們真的在努力緩解這個問題，同時幫助裡面的人。

But until that housing is built, RVs serve as a stopgap.

但直到那些住房蓋好之前，RV 暫時是個過渡方案。

When you look at who's in these RVs, sometimes it's poor families who are down on their luck, and

當你看看這些 RV 裡的人，有時候是運氣不好、經濟拮据的家庭，

Between them and the streets, there's another type of person who believes that they're not homeless.

在他們和街頭之間，還有另一種人認為自己不是無家可歸。

They just want a safe place to park it, which we don't have.

他們只是想要一個可以安全停放的地方，而我們沒有。

So we should be looking again to RV parks that are well managed and well maintained as a means of providing housing and stability for very low income Bay Area residents.

所以我們應該重新考慮那些管理良好、維護完善的 RV 營地，作為提供給灣區低收入居民住房和穩定的一種方式。

We aren't likely in the near term going to have enough transitional housing or interim housing to move everybody indoors.

短期內我們不太可能會有足夠的過渡性住房或臨時住房來讓每個人都住進來。

Places like Berryessa offer that stability.

Berryessa 這樣的地方就能提供那樣的穩定性。

For the lucky few who get in, we're all just a couple paychecks away from being on the streets ourselves.

對那些幸運住進去的人來說，我們其實都只差幾次發薪日就會流落街頭。

You know, in the Silicon Valley, it's a systematic problem, homelessness.

你知道，在矽谷，無家可歸是一個系統性的問題。