The Surrender House

About The Surrender House

The Surrender House is a sober living operator based in Cape Coral, Florida, running four men's and women's recovery homes across Cape Coral and Fort Myers in Lee County. CEO and Program Director Kari-Anne Spiller leads the organization.

A Southwest Florida Sober Living Operator

The Surrender House frames itself around access, stating plainly that financial hardship should not keep someone out of housing, and it builds its program on peer accountability among residents. That approach keeps day-to-day structure in the hands of the people living in each house, backed by rules the operator sets for every property.

Four Recovery Homes Across Two Cities

The operator runs the following residences:

• Cape Coral 3/4 Home, on SE 9th Lane in Cape Coral, for men.
• Cape Coral Men's Home, on SW 3rd Terrace in Cape Coral, for men.
• Cape Coral Women's Home, on SW 3rd Terrace in Cape Coral, for women.
• Fort Myers Men's Home, on Jeffcott Street in Fort Myers, for men.

Three of the four sit in Cape Coral and one across the river in downtown Fort Myers, keeping the whole portfolio inside one Southwest Florida corridor.

Serving Men and Women Under One Program

The Surrender House runs both men's and women's housing, split by house. Men have three houses to apply to across the two cities, including one 3/4 home for residents further along in recovery, while women have one dedicated house in Cape Coral.

A Step-Down Option Inside the Same Network

Running a 3/4 home alongside its earlier-stage houses lets The Surrender House offer residents a place to move as they need less daily oversight, without leaving an operator or a city they already know. That structure is unusual among smaller Florida operators, most of which run houses at only one level of structure.

Recovery Housing for Lee County

Cape Coral and Fort Myers share one recovery infrastructure in practice, with Fort Myers as the county seat anchoring the courts, larger outpatient providers and much of the area's entry-level job market. The Surrender House's presence on both sides of the Caloosahatchee River puts its residents inside that shared network regardless of which house they are assigned to.

Applying to a Surrender House Sober Living Home

Applications go through The Surrender House directly, and the organization's own language about financial accessibility suggests it works with applicants on cost. The Florida Association of Recovery Residences is the state's voluntary certifying body for recovery residences, and confirming a specific house's current status is a fair question for any applicant to raise directly with the operator.