Every state regulates recovery housing differently. Your Blueprint gives you the exact zoning, certification, licensing, and financial roadmap for your state — distilled from a decade of operating homes across the country.
Select your state on the map to view its Blueprint. Each one is tailored to the certification body, zoning climate, and funding programs where you’ll operate.
One annual membership, tailored to your state and updated as its standards change.
Every state has its own Blueprint. Click your state below, or select it on the map above.
Zoning, local ordinances, and reasonable-accommodation positioning so you know where — and how — you can legally operate.
Step-by-step path to NARR-affiliate certification in your state, with the exact documents inspectors expect.
Entity formation, required filings, EIN, insurance, and fire/life-safety code requirements handled in order.
Local rent benchmarks, occupancy assumptions, break-even, and startup-capital math built from real operating data.
Where residents actually come from in your state — treatment, corrections, and community referral sources.
130+ ready-to-use policies, agreements, intake forms, and operating documents. Nothing built from scratch.
“What I love about VSL is that I get to run Taylor Made Recovery my own way—as an independent operator who treats every resident as an individual—while still having all of their support and structure behind me.”
“I’ve been working with VSL since 2018, and in that time I’ve grown from my very first home to seven thriving recovery communities across Rhode Island. I couldn’t have done it without VSL.”
“When I first became a real estate investor, I was curious about sober living. What I needed to know about sober living in my state, VSL’s Blueprint tools were incredibly valuable and helped me understand the nuances in Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Illinois. Now, I help VSL’s operators across the nation!”
“I was ready to buy real estate in Massachusetts and Connecticut, but I realized I needed to know a lot more about how sober living worked on the ground. VSL’s resources were essential to help me understand how recovery housing works locally.”
The rules that decide whether your home opens — and stays open — are written city by city and state by state. The Blueprint is built for exactly where you are.
Massachusetts uses MASH; every state has its own NARR affiliate with its own standards and process.
What passes in one town gets challenged in the next. Your Blueprint carries the right positioning for your area.
ATR, RAP, and reentry funding change the math on occupancy and rent — and they vary state to state.
You feel called to open a sober home and want to do it the right way — certified, funded, and built to last.
You’re exploring sober living as a purpose-driven investment and need clarity on demand and feasibility.
You work in treatment or recovery and want to responsibly expand into housing with clear compliance.
You see the need for quality recovery housing and want a structured, defensible path to build it.
Select your state from the map to open its dedicated Blueprint.
Unlock the full state-specific system online the moment you join.
Work the site, legal, financial, and certification steps in order.
Open your doors compliant, credible, and ready for referrals.
One annual membership, updated as your state’s standards change. No consultants, no guesswork.
per year · all 50 states available
Instant digital access · updated every 90 days
A state-specific system covering the real estate, layout, zoning, certification, licensing, financials, and operations model for opening a recovery home — plus the templates and documents to run it. It distills a decade of operating homes across the country into a step-by-step roadmap for your state.
Recovery-housing law is local. Certification bodies, zoning climates, code requirements, and funding programs all vary by state. A generic guide can miss the exact requirements that get a home delayed — or shut down. Every Blueprint is built for one state.
$497 per year. Your membership includes the full state-specific Blueprint and is updated as your state’s standards change, so you’re never working from outdated requirements.
All 50 states. Select yours on the map above to open its dedicated Blueprint and get started immediately.
Yes. The full Blueprint is delivered digitally the moment you join, so you can start working the roadmap the same day.
The Blueprint is your self-guided system. When you want a done-with-you partner for site selection, financing, and launch, VSL’s Mastery Program builds on the Blueprint with direct support and Charter Membership.
Join operators building compliant, sustainable recovery homes with a proven, state-specific system behind them.
Ready for a done-with-you partner?
Mastery includes your Blueprint plus hands-on launch support for site selection, financing, and opening day.
All 50 states · NARR-aligned · 2,000+ referral network
