Kate's Red House Women's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Kate's Red House is a women's sober living home in Seattle, Washington, in King County. It holds Level 2 certification from the Washington Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences and was the first house Kate's House Foundation opened, back in 2015.

A Women's Sober House With a Decade of History

This sober house in Seattle has been running longer than any other property in the Kate's House Foundation portfolio, and that history shows up in how the household runs. The garden residents keep is original to the property, tended by whoever is living there at the time, and a bus line within reach keeps work and appointments possible without a car. Ten years of continuous operation in one neighborhood also means the house has settled into a routine that newer sober homes are still building.

What WAQRR Level 2 Certification Establishes

Certification through the Washington Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences commits Kate's Red House to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and house rules before move-in, and an outside complaint process. Level 2 describes peer-managed housing with structured expectations and clinical care handled by outside providers away from the house. For a resident comparing sober houses in Seattle, that record is the difference between a certified recovery residence and a landlord renting rooms to people in early sobriety.

Recovery Housing in King County

Seattle anchors King County's recovery infrastructure, and a woman moving into Kate's Red House has outpatient providers, treatment centers, and King County's court and social services system within reach without leaving the county. That density is a real advantage over recovery housing in smaller Washington cities, where the nearest provider can be an hour away.

Kate's House Foundation's Recovery Homes

Kate's Red House is one of eight sober living homes Kate's House Foundation operates in the Seattle area, each named for a color, which keeps the households distinct from one another even as the foundation grows. A woman who needs a different set of housemates after move-in can raise it with an organization that already runs several women's houses in the same city.