Sober homes spark legal battles, calls for more oversight
(WorldNews Health)

Sober homes are popping up in neighborhoods across the state, sometimes without any notice, triggering lawsuits and complaints despite a recent law designed to oversee the industry. In Dorchester’s Meetinghouse Hill neighborhood, no one knew another sober home was coming until the mattresses were trucked in. In Methuen, a resident opened a sober home without a word to the city last year — sparking outcry from her neighbors and an ongoing legal battle that’s prompted a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing investigation. Not all sober homes are bad neighbors. Many are...