The Facts

The Salvation Army’s 58-bed, abstinence-based Hope House on Sixth Street is near capacity, with a waitlist of about 25 people. The same report says that from Sep. 1–Dec. 31, 2025, 46 residents exited, and 36 (78%) went to supportive housing or other recovery programs.

Hope House is explicitly drug- and alcohol-free, with structured programming and relapse protocols.

The Context

SF has been signaling a shift toward recovery-focused shelter for people who are actively trying to stay sober. Hope House also shows what’s possible when City Hall can move quickly—it ramped up during the fentanyl emergency period that loosened normal contracting rules. But expanding this model citywide may be slower and harder because California still limits how homelessness dollars can be used for sobriety-based recovery housing after Newsom vetoed AB 255.

The GrowSF Take

SF should scale sober, structured shelter for people who choose recovery—so we stop forcing people to pick between the street and chaos.