David van der Velde: Recovery-Supportive Housing Should Be a Real Choice

In a recent article, David van der Velde explores San Francisco's new ordinance prioritizing drug-free rules in city-funded permanent supportive housing, and why real choice in recovery housing matters.

David argues that people experiencing homelessness who want a sobriety-supportive living environment deserve that option in publicly funded systems, not just as a privilege tied to wealth or family resources, and he points to recent research showing recovery housing outperforming usual continuing care on abstinence, employment, and cost effectiveness, while cautioning that the evidence base remains narrow and calls for careful expansion paired with better transition planning for residents who relapse.

Read the full article on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/recovery-supportive-housing-should-real-choice-david-van-der-velde-kh9pc/.