Next Step Housing

St. Francis House has the ability to satisfy our guests’ number-one need – housing – right inside our building. That enables residents to utilize all of our services, from meals to counseling to art therapy, without leaving 39 Boylston Street.

Next Step Housing is a supportive leased-housing community providing permanent housing for sober adults with histories of substance abuse. Residents benefit from the assistance of professional case managers and peer resident managers who provide individual support, foster sobriety, and aid the development of life skills required for community reintegration and independence. Next Step is a vocationalized program, meaning that we help residents move toward or maintain employment.

Features
Next Step occupies floors 7, 8, 9 and 10 of St. Francis House, offering 52 Single Resident Occupancy rooms. Each unisex floor features a shared kitchen, bathrooms, and dining and community areas. Two of the 4 floors are handicap accessible. The program also houses a fitness room, computer room, library, and crafts room for the use of all program residents.

Next Step residents participate weekly in individual case management and floor meetings as well as monthly community meetings. Residents have no curfew and are permitted guests during specified hours.

Eligibility
Applicants must possess documentation of 6 months sobriety and homelessness as defined by HUD and must be employed or be willing and able to work or to engage in other meaningful activity. Some units also require documentation of disability in accordance with HUD requirements.

Requirements
Residents are required to sleep in Next Step 4 of 7 nights each week, agree to random drug and alcohol testing, and attend mandatory meetings. Residents are required to pay rent, which is calculated on 30-35% of their gross income from all income sources.

For more information, call St. Francis House at (617) 542-4211 or contact Next Step