One thing that makes comparing numbers more challenging is who is defined as homeless in the counts. I'm not sure where your Paris numbers are from, I couldn't

One thing that makes comparing numbers more challenging is who is defined as homeless in the counts. I'm not sure where your Paris numbers are from, I couldn't find them in the source link. The SF numbers are a PIT count + shelter population for a specific night in January. Paris homeless point in time count of 4,227 in January 2024 [1] France for individuals living rough 141,500 [2] [1] https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/news/in-paris/articles/247908-nuit-de-la-solidarite-4277-homeless-counted-in-greater-paris-more-than-in-2023#:~:text=Initial%20estimates%20put%20the%20number,which%20has%20been%20rising%20steadily https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/news/in-paris/articles/24790.... [2] https://redcross.eu/projects/mobile-teams-assisting-homeless-people-in-france https://redcross.eu/projects/mobile-teams-assisting-homeless...