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Insights, guides, and updates on running sober living — NARR standards, rent collection, compliance, and what we're building.

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What No One Tells You About Running a Sober Living Home

The startup guides make it sound like a spreadsheet and a lease. Here's the honest version — the parts that actually wear operators down, and what steadies each one.

HopeLinx

Editorial Team

June 6, 2026

2 min read

Compliance2 min read

Walk Into Your NARR or State Certification Visit Ready: A Documentation Checklist

Certification runs on documentation. Here's the checklist of what reviewers actually ask to see — and how to keep it dated, signed, and findable before they schedule the visit.

HopeLinx

Editorial Team

May 27, 2026

Operations2 min read

Stop Taking Applications by Phone: The Case for an Online Intake Link

Most recovery houses still take applications over the phone. Every call is twenty minutes of notes, and the ones that come at 11pm you lose. A shareable application link fixes both.

HopeLinx

Editorial Team

May 13, 2026

Pricing2 min read

The Hidden Growth Tax in Per-Bed Recovery Housing Software

Per-bed and per-seat software feels cheap at eight beds. Then you fill the house, open a second one, and the invoice quietly becomes a tax on doing well.

HopeLinx

Editorial Team

Apr 22, 2026

Press Release2 min read

HopeLinx Sponsored Lunch at the 2026 INARR Recovery Residences Summit

HopeLinx served as the Lunch Sponsor at the INARR Recovery Residences Summit in Indianapolis, supporting Indiana's recovery housing operators with hands-on time and an extended trial.

HopeLinx

Editorial Team

Feb 20, 2026

Product Updates2 min read

Welcome to HopeLinx: Recovery Housing Software Built From Inside the House

I spent more than a decade in recovery housing — as a resident, a staff member, a manager, and finally a builder. HopeLinx is the tool I wish I'd had on the hardest nights.

HopeLinx

Editorial Team

Feb 14, 2025