Essence Men's Oxford House

About this Recovery Home

Oxford House Essence — Men Sober Living in Granite City, Illinois

Listed at 29 Nassau St, Granite City, IL, Oxford House Essence is a peer-run recovery residence for men. Directory records show a capacity of 9 with 1 reported opening. Madison County covers this address.

Oxford House Essence — residence information

• Address: 29 Nassau St, Granite City, IL 62040
• County: Madison
• Resident group: men
• Reported capacity: 9 residents
• Reported vacancies: 1 reported opening
• Interview schedule: Sunday at 3:00pm
• Contact: Contact Essence at (618) 794-5265
• House phone: (618) 219-2322
• Map: View the reported location

At 9 beds it is about average among the 131 Oxford Houses listed in Illinois. The last report put 8 of those 9 beds in use, leaving 1 reported opening. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 3:00pm. Contact Essence at (618) 794-5265 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.

Paying for sober living in Illinois

A sober living bed in Illinois usually costs about $170 a week. Oxford House residents split the house's actual running costs equally rather than paying a set rent, so this home's share may be different — the house is the only source for its own figure. Against that, the median gross rent in Illinois is $1,274 a month. Help with the share is available through state programmes including IDHS/SUPR Recovery Home contracts and CORS and WARM settlement peer-support grants. Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention an administers that funding at state level.

How the Oxford House model works

Oxford Houses are run by their members rather than by staff, supported entirely by the residents' own contributions and alcohol- and drug-free by charter. New members are approved by those already in the home, so the opening shown here is a past report rather than an offer.

How recovery housing is regulated in Illinois

Licensing in Illinois applies in certain cases only, and peer-run homes usually sit outside it. Certification is voluntary and administered by Illinois Association of Extended Care (IAEC), the NARR affiliate for the state. Oxford Houses run on a charter from Oxford House, Inc., not state certification, so expect this address to be missing from the state list. Certified homes in Illinois are listed here. The federal Fair Housing Act applies, as does Illinois Fair Housing Law (Human Rights Act) (775 Illinois Compiled Statutes Section 5/3-102).

If Oxford House Essence is full — other houses near Granite City

The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Epitaph in Granite City, about 0.1 miles away; Oxford House Transcend in Granite City, about 0.3 miles away; Oxford House Dominion in Granite City, about 0.5 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 11 in Granite City, 20 across Madison County, 131 in Illinois. Browse recovery housing in Granite City or sober living across Illinois.

This reflects a vacancy report from 09/07/2026. A listed bed can go in a day. Verify directly with the house first.