Here Is Exactly What Happens After You Call Us
Placing a client in shared or sober living in Los Angeles? Here is how referrals to Wellness Housing work, what we accept, and how fast we can move.
You have a client who needs a bed. Probably this week. Possibly today.
So you start calling. And you already know how most of those calls go. Voicemail. A waitlist with no number attached to it. Someone who says they will call you back and does not. Meanwhile your client is waiting, and the window you had to place them is closing.
We would like to be the easy call on that list. So here is exactly what happens when you dial our number.
What we can tell you in one phone call
No paperwork to start and no callback queue. Call us, or refer your client online. On the first call you will find out:
- Which of the three houses you would be talking about
- What the monthly rate is
- What the house rules are and what your client would be agreeing to
- What the tour and the move in involve
You get a straight answer on that call. You do not have the time to chase a maybe.
What Wellness Housing Accepts And What It Does Not Need
We accept General Relief through DPSS and the START Program, and we work with other forms of third party assistance. Residents also pay out of pocket. Either is normal here.
What we do not ask for:
- No credit check
- No security deposit
- No lease term locking your client in
That matters for placement speed. The two things that most often stall a housing placement are a deposit your client cannot produce and a credit history they cannot change. Neither one is a barrier here.
Who Wellness Housing Works For And Who It Does Not
We are shared and sober living. We are not detox, not inpatient treatment, and not emergency shelter.
What we provide is a furnished bed in a shared room in a substance free house, with a live in manager and house rules that are the same at all three addresses. There is no clinical staff and no medical or mental health service of any kind, so anything a client needs alongside housing has to come from somewhere else. Wellness Housing works to a consistent process for every caller. East 54th Street and West 42nd Street are the men's houses and East 69th Street is the women's house. Whether a bed suits your client is worked out with you on the call.
The Wellness Housing House Rules Up Front
Worth passing to your client before they arrive, because surprises on day one are what unravel a placement:
- No alcohol and no substances
- No pets
- One adult per bed
- Headphones for music and TV, out of respect for everyone else in the house
Simple rules, held consistently. That consistency is the whole reason the houses stay calm.
To be clear about what we offer: we rent beds in shared rooms, not private rooms. Every resident has a roommate, and that is what keeps the cost as low as it is.
Have a client who needs a place this week? Call us and we will talk the placement through straight away.
The rate a referral is made at is published, and the three houses a client can be placed in each have their own page.
Call 562-716-4568 or email info@wellnesshousing.org.