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Training is pushed for ‘sober home’ staff

Report addresses complaints about unsafe conditions

By Patricia Wen

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 08, 2012

State public health officials conclude in a long-awaited report that they are legally powerless to regulate private rooming houses for recovering substance abusers, but propose financial inducements for property managers in this fast-growing and controversial corner of the rental market to get training. The report calls for voluntary training for managers of these so-called sober homes, combined with legislation that would prohibit state agencies from referring clients to sober homes that did not undergo the instruction.

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