Odyssey House

About Odyssey House of Utah

Odyssey House of Utah is a sober living operator and addiction treatment nonprofit based in Salt Lake City, Utah, running transitional housing across Salt Lake County. Founded in 1971, it describes itself as the largest addiction treatment program in the state, and its transitional housing division carries seven recovery homes in Murray and Salt Lake City.

A Statewide Recovery Housing Provider

Odyssey House of Utah is a treatment organization first and a housing operator second: its transitional housing exists to carry people from residential or outpatient care into independent living, with the same organization providing case management and clinical support throughout. That continuity is the main thing a resident gets from a large operator that a single sober house cannot offer on its own.

Seven Recovery Homes in Murray and Salt Lake City

Odyssey House of Utah's transitional housing footprint includes:

• Anchor West Transitional Housing, on 4500 South in Murray.
• Anchor Point, on 4800 South in Murray, opened in August 2025 with a capacity of twenty residents.
• Anchor East Transitional Housing, also on 4500 South in Murray.
• Odyssey House on University Avenue, at two separate addresses in Salt Lake City.
• Loft Transitional Housing, in downtown Salt Lake City.
• Riley Townhomes, near the Murray border in Salt Lake City.

The Murray properties cluster along 4500 South and 4800 South, while the Salt Lake City properties spread from downtown out toward University Avenue, giving the organization coverage across most of the valley's population centers.

Funded in Part by Opioid Settlement Dollars

Anchor Point, the newest of the seven properties, was built with opioid settlement funding from the state of Utah and Salt Lake County, money recovered from manufacturers and distributors and directed into treatment and housing capacity. It is a direct example of settlement dollars turning into physical beds on the ground.

Fifty Years of Addiction Treatment in Utah

Operating since 1971 gives Odyssey House of Utah a longer institutional history than almost any other recovery housing provider in the state. That history matters most to families evaluating an unfamiliar organization from a distance: a program that has run for more than fifty years has already been through multiple funding cycles, regulatory changes and shifts in how Utah treats addiction, and it is still operating.

How Utah Licenses Its Recovery Housing Providers

Every recovery residence Odyssey House of Utah operates falls under Utah's licensing framework, administered by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services Office of Licensing under Utah Code 26B-2-117 and Administrative Code R501-18. Utah does not publish certification levels, so a license is the state's complete answer to whether a residence has been reviewed and accepted into the regulated system.

Serving Murray and Salt Lake City

Between Murray and Salt Lake City, Odyssey House of Utah's transitional housing reaches most of the population centers along the Wasatch Front's core, putting residents within reach of the county's hospitals, courts, transit lines and job market regardless of which of the seven houses they land in.