About the Founder
I built Willamette Living Group from experience — not theory.
I’m a Navy veteran, a father, and someone who has personally battled addiction, gone through the courts, and sat in programs that didn’t work.
I also found one that finally did. The structure, expectations, and accountability I gained from the Navy — and later, from the right recovery environment and finding my true "why" — changed my life. So I know anything is possible, I made it out the other side.
WLG is built on those same principles: stability, clarity, accountability, and community.
- Phillip Huber
My Story
I didn’t build Willamette Living Group because it sounded like a good business idea — I built it because I lived the reality that many men face. I struggled with addiction for years, made decisions that led me into the courtroom more than once, and spent time in programs that didn’t give me the stability I needed to truly change.
I repeated the same patterns because nothing around me demanded responsibility, consistency, or growth.
The U.S. Navy was both a blessing and a curse. It taught me discipline, teamwork, and how to push through adversity — but it also fueled a lifestyle of working hard and partying even harder. When the structure fell away, the chaos took over.
It wasn’t until I eventually entered the right environment — one with routine, accountability, and real expectations — that everything finally shifted. That structure allowed me to rebuild my life and commit to real change.
Years later, through my work in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, my time as an LPN, my deployments with FEMA, and my leadership roles within the Department of Veterans Affairs, I saw the same patterns repeating everywhere: men leaving treatment, custody, or unstable housing without structure, routine, expectations, or community support. In every environment — medical, correctional, emergency response, and federal operations — I watched how quickly people fall when their surroundings work against them, and how powerfully they rise when their environment finally gives them clarity, accountability, and stability.
Willamette Living Group exists because people need a place that is clean, sober, structured, and stable. A place where accountability isn’t punishment — it’s support.
A place where routines build confidence, and community prevents isolation.
WLG is the home I wish existed when I was rebuilding my life, and now it’s here for adults who need that same opportunity today.