Minnesota Moved the Recovery Residence Deadline Six Months Early, and Almost Nobody Noticed

by ghost | Jul 7, 2026 | Recovery Residence

On July 1, 2026, Minnesota’s certification framework for recovery residences quietly went live. Most operators still believe they have until January 2027 to prepare, because that was the date written into last year’s law. On May 17, 2026, the legislature...

Minnesota’s Recovery Residence Policy Is at a Crossroads

by ghost | Jun 7, 2026 | Recovery Residence

Somewhere in a DHS conference room in St. Paul, a work group is meeting this month to make recommendations that will shape Minnesota’s recovery housing landscape for the next decade. The members include people who have lived in recovery residences, county social...

There Is a Four-Story Vacant Hotel in Minneapolis That Should Be Minnesota’s First Recovery Campus. Here Is Why Nobody Has Done It Yet.

by ghost | Jun 7, 2026 | Recovery Residence

At 2901 Chicago Avenue in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, there is a four-story former luxury hotel sitting largely vacant. It has been sitting largely vacant since June 2020. The building was built in 2005. It has 136 former hotel rooms across four floors,...

Why Recovery Residence Operators Fail in Minnesota and What the Ones Who Survive Do Differently

by ghost | Jun 6, 2026 | Recovery Residence

Minnesota’s recovery housing landscape is littered with cautionary tales. Some of them involve fraud. Some involve good intentions and no infrastructure. Some involve operators who got the land use approval, produced the architectural drawings, hired the lawyers, and...

What Happens to Your Recovery Residents If You Miss the 2027 Deadline

by ghost | Jun 6, 2026 | Recovery Residence

Most of the conversation about Minnesota’s January 1, 2027 recovery residence certification deadline has focused on operators. What happens to your funding. What happens to your certification status. What happens to your business. That is the wrong frame. The right...

SaaS vs. Open Source: What Minnesota Recovery Residence Operators Actually Need in 2027

by ghost | Jun 6, 2026 | Recovery Residence

What an open-source technology stack actually COSTS $000.00 If you have been researching technology solutions for your recovery residence operation, you have probably come across many Software as a Service (SaaS) companies in fact too many to count. Priced around $185...