State-funded recovery housing must follow Housing First and not evict for relapse
To get state homelessness money, recovery housing programs must follow Housing First rules, keep residents who relapse unless they break the lease another way, allow addiction medications, keep overdose reversal medication on site and adopt a written return-to-use policy.
Who it affects
Recovery housing operators that receive state homelessness funding
When
This law takes effect on January 1, 2027. California laws take effect on January 1 of the year after they are signed, unless the law says otherwise.
- : Signed into law
- : This law takes effect
Official text
California AB 1556: Recovery housing: funding.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
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