More female veterans are winding up homeless

VA resources strained; many are single parents

Angela Peacock spent years with no home after serving in Iraq.

By Bryan Bender

Globe Staff / July 6, 2009

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WASHINGTON - The number of female service members who have become homeless after leaving the military has jumped dramatically in recent years, according to new government estimates, presenting the Veterans Administration with a challenge as it struggles to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. (Full article: 1007 words)