May 21, 2013 - Homelessness among female veterans is on the rise in the United States, even as the overall rate of homelessness among veterans is going down.Since 2009, there’s been a more than 2 percent increase in the number of homeless women vets in shelters, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Substance abuse and mental illness are often among the factors typically associated with homelessness. But neither of those applied to U.S. Navy veteran Javonni Harper. She and her two young children lived out of their car this past summer. Her struggles after leaving the Navy in 2008 included difficulty finding employment.
“It’s harder for us to get a job, it’s harder for us to get an apartment, because we have less money coming in, and our money has to stretch a lot farther than the average single vet, with no children, and no responsibilities,” she said. read more>>>
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