Harwood Street Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Harwood Street (Chelsea's House) is a men's sober living home in Lynn, Massachusetts, in Essex County. Chelsea's House operates the property as part of its twelve-house network and holds Level II certification for it through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing.

A Men's Sober House Off the Lynn Common Area

This Lynn sober house serves men in recovery, sharing bedrooms across the property to keep the weekly fee manageable and residents in regular contact with each other. Lynn's compact street grid puts most of downtown, its commuter rail stop, and its bus network within easy reach on foot, which matters for a resident who does not yet have reliable transportation of his own.

House Rules Shared Across the Network

Every Chelsea's House address runs on the same schedule: a mandatory house meeting each week, three outside recovery meetings, drug testing twice weekly on a random basis, and a nightly curfew with no overnight guests. A resident here follows the identical structure he would find at any of the operator's other eleven houses.

Level II Certification

The Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing certifies this house at Level II, meaning Chelsea's House has agreed to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of rules and fees before move-in, and review through a complaint process outside the house itself.

One of Twelve Chelsea's House Homes

Chelsea's House, named for Robert "Chelsea Bob" Hinckley, a well-known figure in Massachusetts recovery circles, runs twelve certified houses in Lynn, East Boston, Chelsea and Malden. A resident who eventually wants a different city, or has a family member interested in one of the operator's women's houses, is dealing with staff who already know his file.

Essex County Recovery Housing

Lynn anchors Essex County's recovery housing stock, with more certified sober homes than any other city in the county and a transit network that reaches Boston directly. That combination is why Essex County recovery housing searches tend to concentrate on Lynn addresses like this one.