About this Recovery Home
The Men's Gresham House is a men's sober living home in Gresham, Oregon, in Multnomah County, whose seat is Portland. Sober Housing Oregon runs it in the downtown core of the city.
A Downtown Gresham Sober House
Gresham is the fourth largest city in Oregon and the anchor of east Multnomah County, and its downtown is a walkable grid of older commercial blocks. The operator places this house a couple of blocks from the Gresham Transit Center, where the MAX Blue Line terminates and the county bus routes converge, and within the same short walk of the Eastside Alano Club. A resident can reach a meeting, a bus and a job interview without a car, which is the condition most men are actually in during the first ninety days.
What a Recovery Home Near the Alano Club Solves
Proximity to a recovery clubhouse changes the shape of a day. The Eastside Alano Club runs meetings on a schedule that covers mornings, evenings and weekends, and it is the sort of place someone can sit for two hours on a Saturday without buying anything. Men leaving residential treatment usually arrive with a meeting count they are supposed to hit and no realistic way to hit it. Housing that puts the meetings within walking distance converts a requirement into a routine.
Accreditation and the Oregon Sober Living Record
Accreditation of recovery housing in Oregon is voluntary and runs through the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon. Most Oregon houses are not in the program, and that says nothing about any individual residence, because no rule requires participation. What accreditation buys, where a provider carries it, is a published ethics code, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and an external complaint process. An applicant to any Oregon sober house can ask for those four documents directly and learn most of what the credential would have told him.
Questions Worth Asking About This Gresham Recovery Home
The exact street address is not published, and placement is handled by Sober Housing Oregon, which lists live vacancy for every house it operates. Before signing, ask what the monthly rate covers and whether utilities are included, what the deposit is and the terms for its return, whether the room on offer is shared or single, how curfew and testing are run, and what the policy is for a resident on buprenorphine or methadone.
East Multnomah County Recovery Housing
East county has a different recovery housing market from inner Portland. Rents are lower, houses are larger, and the transit spine is the Blue Line, which runs a straight shot from Gresham through Rockwood and Hollywood into downtown. Several of Sober Housing Oregon's other residences sit along that same line in the 120th to 160th blocks, so a man who starts in Gresham and later takes a job in the city can change addresses without changing his commute pattern or his application.
Well run homes with the structure you need!
Sober Housing Oregon has multiple locations around the metro area, all near public transportation and other resources.
What you can expect:
-Fully Furnished home including bedding, kitchen items, and TV. Some locations also have gaming area as well as PC
-On-site house manager for overbite and mentorship
-Random UA and breathalyzers conducted for all residents and rests available to PO or case managers upon request
-All paper products (ie toilet paper, paper towels) provided as well as all cleaning products
-High speed internet and wifi
-Weekly house meeting and check in
-Access to clothing closet as well as food boxes
-Referrals to employment services, mental health and addiction services
-Rental reference upon exit
-Periodic organization-wide events such as sledding trips, beach trips, camping etc.
-Referral bonus of $100 for any incoming resident referral
