Halfway Houses In Los Angeles
Halfway house is a loose phrase. People use it for several very different kinds of housing, which is why one search brings back places with almost nothing in common. Wellness Housing is one specific thing. It is a shared house in South Los Angeles where you rent a bed. The house is substance free, there are no clinical services and no medical staff, and there is nothing to complete. You live independently, you work and you keep your own schedule. The choice is a bunk bed or a single bed in a shared room, utilities included.
Halfway Houses in Los Angeles
Type halfway house in Los Angeles into a search box and the results have very little in common with each other. The phrase has been stretched across so many different arrangements that it no longer tells you what a place actually does. So rather than borrow the label, here is exactly what Wellness Housing is.
It is three ordinary houses on residential streets in South Los Angeles, at 1445 East 54th Street in 90011, 263 West 42nd Street in 90037 and 246 East 69th Street in 90003. You rent one bed in a shared bedroom. Every room is shared and every bed is rented to one adult. The choice is a bunk bed or a single bed in a shared room, and both include power, water and gas. There is no credit check, no security deposit and no lease to sign, and there is a $50 registration fee.
The houses are substance free. That is a house rule everybody living there has agreed to, and it is why the houses stay calm. No alcohol and no substances on the property, and coming back under the influence is not tolerated. There is a dedicated smoking section for nicotine users. No outside visitors. Headphones in the shared spaces. No pets. Each house has a live in manager and a professional cleaner on site daily, and the common areas and the building perimeters are camera monitored.
What Wellness Housing does not do matters just as much. It provides no clinical mental health services and no medical treatment. There is no therapy schedule, no phase system and nothing to complete. Nobody manages your day for you. It is not an emergency shelter, because it is a place you move into rather than a place you land the same night, and it is not Section 8. What it is, is a room in a clean house at a price that leaves you something at the end of the month. Call 562 716 4568 and come and walk through one.
The House Rules At Every Wellness Housing House
- The house is substance free. No alcohol and no substances on the property.
- Coming back to the property under the influence is not tolerated.
- There is a dedicated smoking section for nicotine users.
- No outside visitors on the property.
- Headphones or earbuds for electronic devices in the shared spaces.
- No pets.
- Every house has a live in manager and a professional cleaner on site daily.
- Camera monitoring across the common areas and the building perimeters.
- Every room is shared and every bed is rented to one adult.
- A bunk bed or a single bed in a shared room, utilities included.
- Wellness Housing is an Equal Housing Opportunity provider.
The Bed And The Shared Bedroom
One bed in a shared bedroom, furnished before you arrive, with a chest of drawers of its own. Bunk beds and single beds are both rented one bed at a time.
- A furnished bed in a shared bedroom
- A chest of drawers for each bed
- No private rooms and no separate units
- No fixed end date on the stay
The Kitchen In Every Wellness Housing House
Residents cook for themselves. The kitchen has a gas range, granite counters and full size refrigerators, with room for everybody's cold and dry goods.
- A shared kitchen with a gas range
- Full size refrigerators for residents' food
- A dining table and a common room to sit in
- A professional cleaner on site daily
Laundry And The Rest Of The House
An on site laundry room with a washer and a dryer, shared bathrooms kept daily, one gig WiFi and a 55 inch 4K television in the common area. Ordinary things, which is the point.
- A washer and dryer on site at every house
- Shared bathrooms with a tub shower and a vanity
- One gig WiFi across the house
- A live in manager at every house
An Ordinary House In South Los Angeles
Nothing about a Wellness Housing address announces itself. Three houses on residential streets, with neighbors either side, a front door and a number on it. You come and go with a key like anybody else.
- Three houses on ordinary residential streets
- No signage and no facility entrance
- You come and go and keep your own schedule
- Rented by the month with no fixed end date
What Wellness Housing Is And Is Not
It Is A House You Rent A Bed In
Three houses on residential streets in South Los Angeles. One bed in a shared bedroom, furnished, with the utilities included, rented by the month with no fixed end date.
It Is Not A Clinical Service
No mental health services, no medical treatment, no therapy schedule and no program to complete. If you need clinical care right now, that comes first and somewhere else.
It Is Not A Shelter Or Section 8
It is a place you move into rather than a place you land the same night, and it is not a voucher program. The resident pays the rent, or a third party assistance program pays it for them.
Inside the houses
Shared Spaces At Wellness Housing
Every photograph below was taken inside a Wellness Housing house. None of them is stock and none of them is generated.
Reviews Of Wellness Housing In Los Angeles
I spent the year at the wellness house. It was very clean, very respectable, and management was very professional.
THIS PLACE IS AWSOME IVE MET GOOD PEOPLE IN HERE PLUSS ITS GREAT NAIGHVOORHOOD..I LOVE IT .
Calling Wellness Housing During The Week
These are the hours published for all three Wellness Housing houses.
| Monday to Friday | 9am to 5pm PST |
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How To Get A Bed At Wellness Housing
Call 562 716 4568
There is no application to complete. A phone call and a tour are how it works. You call and say what you are looking for.
Tour a house
You walk through before you agree to anything, see the bedroom and the kitchen, and meet the manager who lives there.
Move in
If it suits, you pay the first month and the $50 registration fee. No deposit, no credit check and no lease to sign.
Questions About Halfway Houses In Los Angeles
What is a halfway house?
There is no single definition. People use the phrase for several very different kinds of housing, which is why one search returns places that have almost nothing in common. The useful question is not what a house calls itself but what it actually provides and what it costs.
Do people pay rent in halfway houses?
It depends entirely on the operator. At Wellness Housing you rent a bed and you pay for it monthly. The choice is a bunk bed or a single bed in a shared room, utilities included, plus a $50 registration fee.
What is the difference between a halfway house and sober living?
Sober living usually describes a shared home where everybody living there has agreed the house is substance free. Halfway house is used more loosely than that. Wellness Housing is the first of those two and nothing else. A substance free shared house you rent a bed in.
Does Wellness Housing provide treatment or counselling?
No. Wellness Housing provides no clinical mental health services and no medical treatment of any kind. There is no therapy schedule and there is nothing to complete. If you need clinical care, that comes first and somewhere else.
Is there a list of requirements to live here?
Wellness Housing publishes no list. It is a conversation rather than a checklist. Call 562 716 4568 and someone will talk through what you are looking for and which house might suit.