Life has been tough for Kenneth Talbot, but years of bad luck and being in the wrong place at the wrong time may be behind him.
Talbot, who turns 71 next month, is the first of three residents of new long-term supportive housing in Naples, called Bravo House, for older veterans who are homeless.
“I spent a lot of time on the streets,” Talbot said, sitting in the living room of the three-bedroom, two-bath residence at 1139 Sperling Ave. between Goodlette-Frank Road and U.S. 41 in Naples. “But the good Lord has been taking care of me.”
The nonprofit Wounded Warriors of Collier County opened the house this week as part of a three-year initiative to provide housing for homeless veterans of all ages.