About this Sober House
Iglehart House - 984 Iglehart Avenue is a women's sober living home in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in Ramsey County. It sits in the Summit-University neighborhood and is operated by Recovery Homes of Minnesota, an affiliate of Horowitz Health.
A Women's Sober House on Iglehart Avenue
The house is small by design, and the operator describes it as an intimate setting built for women working through early recovery together. Keeping it single-gender means house meetings, common space and bathrooms all belong to one household with one set of expectations. Iglehart Avenue runs east and west through Summit-University, a dense residential district where a resident can reach a bus line, a grocery store and an evening meeting on foot.
What Minnesota Sober Home Certification Establishes
Certification in Minnesota runs through the Minnesota Association of Sober Homes, and state law makes it voluntary. A certified residence has agreed to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and house rules before move-in, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and complaint review from outside the house. Those four commitments are the record a family in another state can actually check, and they are the right questions to put to any Saint Paul sober house.
Recovery Housing in Saint Paul and Ramsey County
Saint Paul is the state capital and the seat of Ramsey County, which puts county human services, outpatient providers, probation and the workforce center inside one city and one transit system. Metro Transit runs the University Avenue and Selby Avenue corridors a few blocks from the house, so a resident can hold a job, keep a treatment appointment and make a court date without a car.
A Women's Residence Inside a Six-House Network
Recovery Homes of Minnesota runs six houses in Saint Paul, and this is one of two that serve women. The rest of the portfolio sits in the same handful of neighborhoods, so a resident who needs a different household later is choosing among addresses the operator already manages.
The Bright Side Housing philosophy is to support our members until they are able to support themselves, thus, allowing each member to share their knowledge, strength, and life experience with other newly recovering adults. One of the core philosophies and principles of the Bright Side Housing is a democracy, we believe that residents should have input in the environment they have chosen to explore, grow, and live in the world of recovery.
