Key takeaways:
- North Carolina lacks enough affordable housing for people in addiction recovery.
- Healing Transitions plans to open 17 apartments in Raleigh for women in recovery and their children.
- High housing costs and community opposition make it harder to expand recovery housing.
By Taylor Knopf
Twice, Lela Brantley did everything she was supposed to do and still ended up homeless.
She stopped using substances. She moved into a recovery center with her small children. She secured a Section 8 affordable housing voucher and got on the waitlist for multiple apartments. Each time the voucher expired before an apartment was available…