When someone has rehabilitated from a substance abuse problem, it isn't as easy as resuming where you left off. Restoring a positive and happy life takes time and a great deal of hard work. A Halfway House, a.k.a. a Sober Living Facility, is a setting where people in recovery can live in a drug and alcohol free and supportive environment until they can live stably on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a requirement of a person's probation or parole for example, or the person could make the decision to live in a Halfway House of their own will after drug or alcohol treatment. Either way, residents of a Halfway House are clean and striving to do what they need to do to repair their lives. This could mean finishing school, getting employment, etc.
Halfway Houses in Pony are managed by people who in many instances were once tenants of the house. The length of time an individual is allowed to remain at the Halfway House will differ, but it's usually anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Occupants must submit to drug and alcohol testing prior to being accepted into the house, and this testing will take place frequently to be certain there is not any substance use in the house or substance abuse problems that would be more effectively addressed in an addiction treatment program.