{"id":23741,"date":"2022-10-19T16:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23741"},"modified":"2022-10-23T04:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T02:55:44","slug":"homeless-people-living-in-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/10\/homeless-people-living-in-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless People Living in Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people living in their vehicles is on the rise as homelessness continues to grow across the US. Some courts have made it illegal to park cars overnight in areas where people may be inclined to sleep. However, many advocates in the homelessness community are opposed to this as well as other policies that are criminalizing homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article to learn more and be able to discuss the questions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-invisible-people wp-block-embed-invisible-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/invisiblepeople.tv\/homeless-people-living-in-cars\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How big an issue is homelessness in your country and what do you think is being done to address it?<\/li><li>What do you think of homeless people living in their cars? Does this situation happen in your country? 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