Policy
Congressional legislation promoting best practices in recovery housing, cites NARR
Titled the Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act of 2017, H.R. 4684 (Rep. Judy Chu, CA) would direct SAMHSA, through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, to publish and disseminate best practices for operating recovery housing. The House Energy & Commerce Committee held hearings on March 22nd on several bills related to the opioid…
Read MoreNewport Beach pays $5.25 million for housing discrimination
The City of Newport Beach has agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a group of recovery residences. In the case, Pacific Shores et. al. v. City of Newport Beach, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the city had intentionally and unlawfully targeted recovery residences in a law…
Read MoreAnother big win for fair housing rights and recovery residences
Housing discrimination is nothing new. Every state forbids it. The Federal government forbids it. Many of the worst abuses are thankfully rare. However age-old tendencies to want to exclude and marginalize people “not like us” haven’t died. Over time, the forms of discrimination change. Things have taken a particularly nasty turn over the past several…
Read MoreRecovery Movement Endorsed by United Nations
From the Office of National Drug Control Policy: A resolution on the importance of recovery proposed by the United States at the 57th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was approved on March 21st in Vienna, Austria. This resolution marks the first time in the more than 50-year history of the global anti-drug…
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