Halfway houses are special community residences in which individuals are participating, decision-making residents. Most residents of these increasingly common facilities use them as a transition point between their stay in a mental hospital and their return home; they usually leave within a year.

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A halfway house is a residential facility designed to help people transition into independent living. They were initially developed as drug-free living environments for people who had completed residential treatment. These houses were meant to be “halfway” points between the restrictive structure of rehab and the complete independence of home.