The purpose of this memorandum is to explain how the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 applies to local land use and zoning regulations impacting recovery residences. More specifically, this memorandum explains:

1. The legal basis for treating households of unrelated individuals with disabilities in recovery for substance abuse as other single-family households of related individuals, and
2. The authority for regulating recovery homes as residential uses, not commercial uses, subject only to the requirements of other single-family dwelling households.