With an average age of 58, residents of Faith House tend to be a little older than most women veterans experiencing homelessness. Ann Elizabeth Montgomery with the University of Alabama at Birmingham studies the issue. She says the roots of homelessness – at any age - include military sexual trauma, intimate partner violence, mental health concerns, poverty and more.
"Homelessness is about a million different variables. Right? It's a lot what happens across your life course, it's the town where you live. It's the resources that are available. It's your ability to access those resources,” Montgomery said.