Questions abound on $4M decision to buy sober home

Sober home oversight bill moves forward

A Virginia recovery housing bill survived its first hearing today in the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services. Senate Bill 838, sponsored by state Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico), aims to create a path toward independent oversight of all Virginia recovery residences, establish protections for sober home residents and ensure transparency with the public. While […]

Questions abound on $4M decision to buy sober home

Shelling out $4 million of taxpayers money to buy an abandoned property and turn it into a women’s sober home – with no business plan for the program, zero expertise in the industry, and no clue how much it would cost to repair, insure, maintain and operate the facility on an annual basis – might sound like another insane local government decision. Well, that’s exactly where the Indian River Hospital District trustees now find themselves. The we…