For Star subscribers: State law keeps us from knowing the addresses of sober living homes that have proliferated across Arizona, some scamming the state for millions in fake services.
Tim Steller In one of the many quiet subdivisions of Tucson's far east side, a certain home started causing consternation around Halloween.
This phrase should ring a bell if you've been following Arizona news lately. In May, Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a crackdown on fraudulent billing by sober living homes. "You have people being lured across demographic categories to these facilities," she said."You also have a lot of ghost billing going on."
The difference often goes unnoticed. On Friday I stopped by a handful of east-side homes that neighbors had flagged as possible sober-living homes, including one just southwest of Broadway and Houghton Road. When I knocked on the door, a person inside acknowledged it was a"sober living home." We need places where people can go and be in supportive housing with others in recovery. It's not always going to be comfortable.
"One of the main things that makes a licensing system work is complaints about facilities," he said."That part of it is a major flaw in accountability. The public is part of what keeps the system accountable. If it’s secret they can’t do that."
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