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They live in the car because they cannot afford to live in a real house or flat. This is not the car's fault.
Actually car centric design is one of the biggest factors that contributes to the housing affordability crisis happening in North America. So it is at least partially car dependancy's fault they cannot afford their own place.
Here's some support for this claim.
This citynerd video must have been posted here a million times - but here it is again - about 13 minutes is the bit about housing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSTJnT0tUE
This is a summary of this article , section 6.3.4 is housing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267#bb0390