“Recovery housing is a recovery support service that was designed by persons in recovery
specifically for those initiating and sustaining recovery from substance use issues. Founded
on social model recovery principles, the recovery housing setting is the service. Recovery
homes mindfully cultivate prosocial bonds, a sense of community, and a milieu that is
recovery supportive unto itself. Recovery homes that focus on populations with higher
needs often add peer recovery support services and other types of supports or actively link
residents to recovery or clinical services in the community.”
From Best Practices for Recovery Housing by SAMHSA
