About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Novak — Sober Living Home in Joliet, Illinois
In Joliet, Illinois, Oxford House Novak is a peer-run sober living home serving women, including women with children. The house reports space for 10 residents and 2 reported openings. The address is in Will County.
Oxford House Novak listing details
- Address: 1220 Caton Ave, Joliet, IL 60435
- County: Will
- Resident group: women, including women with children
- Reported capacity: 10 residents
- Reported vacancies: 2 reported openings
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 3:30pm
- Contact: Contact Kristyn at (779) 374-7127
- House phone: (815) 666-1289
- Map: View the reported location
At 10 beds it is about average among the 131 Oxford Houses listed in Illinois. The last report put 8 of those 10 beds in use, leaving 2 reported openings. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 3:30pm. Contact Kristyn at (779) 374-7127 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Paying for sober living in Illinois
Across Illinois, sober living generally runs about $170 a week. That is a market figure, not this home's. Oxford House members divide the actual running costs equally, so ask the house directly. Median gross rent in Illinois, for comparison, is $1,274 a month. People who cannot pay a share up front commonly use programmes such as IDHS/SUPR Recovery Home contracts and CORS and WARM settlement peer-support grants. The agency behind it is Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention an.
How the Oxford House model works
Oxford Houses are run by the people who live in them, supported entirely by the residents' own contributions and alcohol- and drug-free by charter. New members are voted in by the people already living there, so a reported vacancy is a starting point, not a reservation.
Recovery residence standards and oversight in Illinois
Illinois licenses some recovery housing but not the peer-run kind in most cases. Illinois Association of Extended Care (IAEC), 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. You can browse the certified residences in Illinois. Illinois Fair Housing Law (Human Rights Act) (775 Illinois Compiled Statutes Section 5/3-102) applies alongside the federal Fair Housing Act.
Nearby Oxford Houses in Joliet and Will County
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Loyalty Point in Joliet, about 0.5 miles away; Oxford House Bjorn in Joliet, about 0.6 miles away; Oxford House Neo Ashur in Joliet, about 0.8 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 9 in Joliet, 10 across Will County, 131 in Illinois. Browse recovery housing in Joliet or sober living across Illinois.
Availability was last reported 09/07/2026. Interview nights and contacts are both liable to change. Confirm both with the house before travelling.
