About this Recovery House
Oxford House Rivendell: Sober Living in Claymont, Delaware
Oxford House Rivendell is a peer-run sober living home for men at 181 W. Shelley Drive, Claymont, DE. Records show room for 6 residents and 1 reported opening. It sits in New Castle County.
Reported information for Oxford House Rivendell
- Address: 181 W. Shelley Drive, Claymont, DE 19703
- County: New Castle
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 6 residents
- Reported vacancies: 1 reported opening
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 7:00pm
- Contact: Contact Martin at (302) 277-0896
- Map: View the reported location
At 6 beds it is smaller than most of the 98 Oxford Houses listed in Delaware. The last report put 5 of those 6 beds in use, leaving 1 reported opening. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 7:00pm. Contact Martin at (302) 277-0896 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Paying for sober living in Delaware
Typical sober living in Delaware costs around $185 a week. Oxford Houses work differently: members divide the home's real costs between them rather than paying a fixed rent, so ask the house what its share comes to. For scale, renting privately in Delaware has a median gross rent of $1,401 a month. Where paying the share is not possible, state-funded help such as DSAMH Recovery Support Scholarship and State Rental Assistance Program is the usual route. Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental He is where that funding sits.
How Oxford House membership works
Oxford Houses are run by the people who live in them, paid for by the members themselves and free of alcohol and drugs. New members are voted in by the existing membership, so a listed opening is a reason to call rather than a bed held in anyone's name.
Recovery housing standards in Delaware
Delaware does not treat recovery residences as licensed facilities. First State Alliance of Recovery Residences (FSARR) is the NARR affiliate here, and its certification is voluntary. Oxford House charters its own homes, so an Oxford House is usually not on a state affiliate's certified register. The certified-residence list for Delaware is published here. People in recovery are a protected class under the Fair Housing Act and under Delaware Fair Housing Law (6 Delaware Code Section 4603).
If Oxford House Rivendell is full — other houses near Claymont
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Princeton Place in Claymont, about 1.1 miles away; Oxford House Kelvin in Claymont, about 1.3 miles away; Oxford House Duffy in Claymont, about 1.6 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 4 in Claymont, 55 across New Castle County, 98 in Delaware. Browse recovery housing in Claymont or sober living across Delaware.
Last vacancy update: 09/07/2026. Openings and interview times change without notice. Verify directly with the house first.
Oxford House in Delaware
Oxford House is a publicly supported, non-profit network connecting all Oxford House recovery homes or sober houses. Oxford House sober living is a concept in recovery for a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Homes range from six to fifteen; there is sober living for men, sober houses for women, and some recovery homes for women with children. Read more about Oxford House and the Sober House Directory.
In Delaware, Oxford House offers sober living typically with very reasonable cost and promoting resident recovery through a peer-supported model run by the men and women in the sober house. Established in 1975 and continuing to this day, Oxford House boasts over 2,000 homes and growing across the globe.
The Sober House Business
Oxford House offers a platform for peer-lead recovery homes. If you are interested in opening a sober house as a business venture, get in touch with Vanderburgh Communities for more information.
