Recovery Housing

Recovery housing is a housing model that uses substance use-specific services, peer support, and physical design features to support individuals and families on a particular path to recovery from addiction. While recovery housing can vary greatly in design—from independent, resident-run homes to staff-managed homes with onsite clinical services—all recovery housing is intended to promote safe and healthy living environments that leverage social and mutual aid to support recovery. Recovery housing can also be an important part of the housing and treatment continuum for individuals who lack the financial resources for housing and/or family or friends supportive of their recovery. For more information on guidelines for recovery housing, see the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Policy Brief.