About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Forestdale: Sober Living in Hoover, Alabama
Oxford House Forestdale at 2647 Apollo Circle, Hoover, AL is a resident-run recovery home for men. The residence reports 13 beds and 4 reported openings. The house is in Jefferson County.
Oxford House Forestdale in Hoover — current listing information
- Address: 2647 Apollo Circle, Hoover, AL 35226
- County: Jefferson
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 13 residents
- Reported vacancies: 4 reported openings
- Interview schedule: daily at 8:00pm
- Contact: Contact Dexter at (205) 531-0353
- Map: View the reported location
At 13 beds it is larger than most of the 90 Oxford Houses listed in Alabama. The last report put 9 of those 13 beds in use, leaving 4 reported openings. Interview times are listed as daily at 8:00pm. Contact Dexter at (205) 531-0353 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Sober living costs and rent help in Alabama
In Alabama, a bed in sober living commonly runs about $150 a week. Oxford House works on an equal share of what the home actually costs, not a set rent, so treat that as the market rather than this address. Against that, the median gross rent in Alabama is $1,007 a month. Residents short of the first payment often go through ADMH Recovery Housing Initiative and veterans SSVF or similar state funding. Alabama Department of Mental Health administers that funding at state level.
How Oxford House membership works
Oxford Houses are run by their members rather than by staff, paid for by the members themselves and substance-free as a condition of membership. New members are accepted by those already in the home, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.
Recovery residence standards and oversight in Alabama
Recovery housing in Alabama operates without a state licence. Alabama Alliance for Recovery Residences (AARR), the state's NARR affiliate, offers voluntary certification. Oxford Houses are chartered by Oxford House, Inc. rather than certified by a state affiliate, so this home will not usually appear on a state certification list. The certified-residence list for Alabama is published here. Alabama Fair Housing Law (Code of Alabama Section 24-8-4) applies alongside the federal Fair Housing Act.
Other Oxford Houses near Hoover, AL
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Linger in Hoover, about 0.2 miles away; Oxford House Appalachian Mountains in Hoover, about 1.3 miles away; Oxford House Queensview in Hoover, about 1.5 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 7 in Hoover, 11 across Jefferson County, 90 in Alabama. Browse recovery housing in Hoover or sober living across Alabama.
Vacancy information was last reported 09/08/2026. Recovery housing vacancies move quickly. Confirm with the current members before acting on this.
Sober living houses, also called sober homes and sober living environments, are facilities that provide safe housing and supportive, structured living conditions for people exiting drug rehabilitation programs. Sober houses serve as a transitional environment between such programs and mainstream society.
