About this Sober House
Mark House is a sober house in Billings, Montana, in Yellowstone County. It is operated by A Sober Start and sits in central Billings, in the 59101 ZIP that covers downtown, the South Side and the older neighborhoods around them.
A Sober House in Central Billings
Central Billings is the oldest and densest part of the city, and it is where the services concentrate. The 59101 area holds the county courthouse, the public library, the transit center, the historic downtown employers along Montana Avenue and Broadway, and a heavy share of the city's recovery meetings. A resident living here can reach a probation appointment, a job interview and a nightly meeting on foot or on one bus, which is a genuine advantage in the first months when a car and a license are often still out of reach.
What State Registration Means for a Montana Recovery Residence
Mark House is listed with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services as a recovery residence operated by A Sober Start. State law has required that registration of every recovery residence in Montana since October 2023. In a market where sober houses and ordinary rooming houses can look identical from the sidewalk, a public state record naming the house and the company behind it is a starting point a prospective resident can verify without knowing anyone in Billings.
Downtown Billings and Yellowstone County Recovery Housing
Billings is the county seat and the largest city in Montana, and its downtown draws the regional caseload: the Yellowstone County Courthouse and detention facility, the county attorney and public defender offices, behavioral health providers, and the Montana State University Billings City College campus. People arriving from Hardin, Laurel, Colstrip or further east tend to land here because it is where the appointments, the jobs and the housing all exist in the same few square miles.
A Sober Start's Other Sober Homes in Billings
The operator runs five more houses in the city. Kenzie House, Jacob House, Ruthie House and KT House are on the West End, and Heights House is up in the Billings Heights. Mark House is the central address in that group, so a resident who needs to be near the courthouse or the transit center has a reason to ask for this one specifically.
What to Confirm Before Moving Into This Recovery Home
Ask for the weekly fee, the deposit and the refund terms in writing. Ask who lives in the house overnight, how many people share a bedroom, what the curfew is, what happens after a relapse, and whether prescribed medication for opioid use disorder is welcome. Those answers describe the house far better than any photograph of it.
