VSL Chartered Recovery Residence
Union Sober House — Sober Living for Men in Taunton, MA
Certified sober living for men in Taunton, MA, in a seventeen-bed house on Union Street run in English and Spanish, with a twelve-step focus. Shared rooms are $185 a week and private rooms $200, bedding included.
Taunton, Massachusetts
About Union Sober House
Union Sober House is sober living for men in Taunton, Massachusetts, on Union Street near downtown, with buses and everyday errands close at hand. Seventeen men share the house: two in private rooms, the rest three or four to a room. Bedding, towels and hygiene products come with the bed, and there is driveway and street parking. Two house managers and a recovery coach are on site, and each morning until 1pm a ride goes to a nearby resource center for men without a car.
Zero Tolerance operates Union as part of the Vanderburgh Sober Living network, and the house works in both English and Spanish. Men meet as a house every other Wednesday at 6pm. Third-shift jobs are allowed, five recovery meetings a week are expected, the chore list has to be finished and drug screens come at random. Zero Tolerance's women's house in Taunton is Zero Tolerance Sober House, and its New Bedford home for men is Zero Tolerance: County Sober House.
Rates shown are current and all-inclusive. Confirm the figure for your room type on your phone screen.
Apply NowSomeone will call you for a phone screen, usually within a few hours.
Sober Living Costs and What’s Included
Rent at Union Sober House starts at $185 a week or $800 a month and covers utilities, WiFi, laundry and urine screening. To move in you need $385: the first week plus the $200 deposit.
| Item | Amount | When it is due |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly rent | $185 | Every week |
| Monthly rent | $800 | Every month |
| Move-in deposit | $200 | Once, at move-in |
| Minimum funds at move-in | $385 | At move-in (first week plus deposit) |
Rent is due in advance and covers utilities, WiFi, laundry and urine screening. Nothing on that list is billed separately.
The deposit is paid once, at move-in, and is separate from your first week's rent. The minimum shown above is both together.
Private and Shared Rooms
Single rooms are offered first to existing guests and are rarely available for new incoming guests.
All-inclusive sober living rent payments are due weekly or monthly and are not currently covered by insurance or subsidies. The deposit shown above is due when you move in. Please be prepared to meet your financial obligations.
Rent includes urine screen costs and all utilities.
House Details at a Glance
- Private Rooms
- Free WiFi
- Parking
- Air Conditioning
- Premium Cable
- Storage
- Laundry
- Computer Station
- Job Opportunities
- Transportation
- Local Recovery Resources
- Counseling
- Grocery and Pharmacy
- Parks and Recreation
Photos of Union Sober House
Inside Union Sober House in Taunton, MA.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can live at Union Sober House?
Adults in recovery who are ready for a structured, substance-free house. This home serves men in Taunton, Massachusetts. Most guests arrive from treatment or from another recovery residence, but that is not a requirement.
What does it cost to move in?
$385. That is your first week at $185 plus the $200 move-in deposit. Rent after that is due weekly or monthly in advance.
Is this home certified?
Yes. It is a certified recovery residence under Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing (MASH), Massachusetts's NARR affiliate, and it also operates to the standards of The Vanderburgh Foundation.
Where is the home?
Taunton, MA. The exact street address is shared after your phone screen, which is how we protect the privacy of the people living here.
What is included in the rent?
Utilities, WiFi, laundry and urine screening are all covered by the weekly rate. There is no separate bill for any of them.
Are private rooms available?
Sometimes. Private rooms are $200 a week against $185 shared, and they go first to guests already living in the house, so they are rarely open to someone moving in.
How soon can I move in?
Apply online and someone calls you for a phone screen, usually within a few hours. Availability changes daily, so the call is where you find out what is actually open.
Life in Sober Living: Structure and Peer Support
Union is a twelve-step focused house for seventeen men in Taunton, run in English and Spanish by Bee Flores of Zero Tolerance. The men work the steps, go to meetings and hold each other to the program, in whichever language comes easier. Bee believes no one gets far without a higher power, whatever that means to each man, and he wants every guest to find his own path.
Every other Wednesday at 6 PM the house meets, and curfew is 10 PM or 11 PM depending on the night. A House Mentor lives in the home, and screening for drugs and alcohol is random. New guests arrive to bedding, towels and hygiene products already provided, and there is off-street parking. The weekly structure includes recovery meetings, work or school, and a share of the chores.
What a Week in Taunton Sober Living Looks Like
- A twelve-step focus For every guest
- Bilingual house English and Spanish
- Biweekly Wednesday house meetings At 6 PM
- Work or school and shared chores Each week
- A live-in House Mentor And random drug and alcohol tests
Massachusetts Certification and Standards
MASH Certification
Union Sober House is a certified sober living residence, which means it meets rigorous standards for safety, structure, and accountability. All VSL homes adhere to the standards of The Vanderburgh Foundation and, where applicable, recognised certifying organisations such as MASH.
VSL Charter
This sober house is operated by Zero Tolerance. Some Vanderburgh Sober Living homes are independently owned and operated by Chartered Operators of the Vanderburgh Sober Living network. A charter means the home operates to the standards of The Vanderburgh Foundation and carries the support of the wider VSL network.
What Men in Our Homes Say
Residents, families and neighbours of Vanderburgh Sober Living homes.
Vanderburgh was a lifesaver for me. Real recovery with real people. A great group of guys, and thank you so much for the work you do.
Your home has been a lifesaver for me and many people I have met in this house. This is real recovery and it's focused on what really matters, which is the health and safety and recovery of everyone here.
You guys are amazing. I am so happy to help lead a recovery community that really focuses on real recovery.
Shared with permission. Last names withheld.
Home Leadership: Zero Tolerance
The Zero Tolerance: Union Men’s Sober House in Taunton, MA is a structured sober living home serving men in recovery from addiction. The home was established 2 years ago under the leadership of Bee Flores who is a passionate advocate for the recovery community. Bee supports his guests by leading with attention and care. He is actively involved in his community, working as a Recovery Coach and leader of the Broken Chains Biker Church.
Bee is most passionate about helping ex-convicts re-integrate into society and turn their lives around just as he was able to do. With the grace of God, Bee was able to break the cycle and make something for himself. “Without a higher power, whatever it is that you believe in, we are nowhere. I want to get people through the doors and show them the paths to change their lives.”
Many Vanderburgh Sober Living homes are independently owned and operated by Chartered Operators-members of the Vanderburgh Sober Living 501(c)3 Foundation's collaborative membership organization. Independent Chartered Operators meet the same high standards and practices as VSL's staff-managed homes. Learn more about becoming an independent operator with Vanderburgh Sober Living.
Recovery in Taunton, Massachusetts
Around Union Sober House
Union Sober House is on Union Street, a few blocks from the center of Taunton. MassHire Taunton Career Center on School Street is about 0.3 miles away, about a 5-minute walk. The public library on Pleasant Street and Taunton Green are each about 0.4 miles, and Mill River Park is closer still at about 0.35 miles. The Downtown Courthouse stop on GATRA's Route 4 is about 0.4 miles. Morton Hospital is about half a mile, and Trucchi's supermarket on Tremont Street is about 1.1 miles.
Peer support and fellowship groups
Men looking for AA in Taunton can search the meeting finder from the AA Central Service Office for Eastern Massachusetts. Community Counseling of Bristol County has recovery coaches with lived experience who work alongside recovery support navigators to connect people with treatment and community resources.
Clinical and outpatient services
CCBC's main office at 1 Washington Street, about 0.7 miles from the house, provides outpatient substance use treatment with group therapy, individual and family sessions, and medication management. Morton Hospital, a Brown University Health hospital on Washington Street, has an emergency department and outpatient psychiatry under one roof.
Community and quality of life
For buses, GATRA covers Taunton, Attleboro, Raynham and other nearby towns, and it offers Dial-A-Ride service as well as fixed routes. For Boston, the MBTA Fall River/New Bedford Line stops at East Taunton station. MassHire Taunton Career Center has free job search help and a resource room with computers and printers.
Recovery centers and community events
Taunton also has a state-listed peer recovery support center at 1 Washington Street, run out of the CCBC building, with weekday and Saturday hours. The state lists it as handicap accessible and transit friendly.
Ways to Pay for Sober Living in Taunton
Most guests pay for sober living themselves, weekly or monthly. Rent is not currently covered by insurance or state subsidy. There are still more ways to cover it than most people expect, and the three below are the ones that come up most often. If money is the only thing standing between you and a bed, say so on the application. We would rather have that conversation than lose you to it.
Private Pay
Paying yourself is the most common route. Rent is all-inclusive: utilities, WiFi, laundry and urine screening all come out of the weekly rate, so there is no second bill to plan around. Most guests cover it from wages, and the house schedule is built to make that possible.
Family Support
Families often cover the first few weeks while a guest gets back to work. That is a normal way to start, and nobody here will treat it as unusual. A parent, partner or sibling can pay the deposit and rent directly, and we will walk them through the house rules, the schedule, and what to expect in the first month.
One thing to be clear about: the agreement is with the guest, not with the family.
Grants & Scholarships
Some states fund recovery housing directly, through scholarships, bed subsidies, or reentry grants run by state agencies and nonprofits. The money is limited and the programs change, so ask early instead of assuming there is nothing. Put it on your application if you need help with funding.
Grants & scholarships in MassachusettsNot sure how you’ll cover it? Apply anyway — the phone screen is the right place to talk it through.
Apply to Union Sober House
Apply online; someone will call you to conduct a phone screen usually within a few hours.
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Vanderburgh Sober Living homes are independently owned and operated by Chartered Operators. From day one you get the training, the operating systems, the brand, a Sober House Directory listing and a network of operators who have already done it.
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