About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Hawkins — Sober Living in Waukegan, Illinois
Oxford House Hawkins at 1124 North Avenue, Waukegan, IL is a resident-run recovery home for men. Records show room for 7 residents and 2 reported openings. Lake County is the surrounding county.
Address, capacity and contact for Oxford House Hawkins
- Address: 1124 North Avenue, Waukegan, IL 60085
- County: Lake
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 7 residents
- Reported vacancies: 2 reported openings
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 9:00am
- Contact: Contact John at (224) 670-1509
- House phone: (224) 480-4357
- Map: View the reported location
At 7 beds it is smaller than most of the 131 Oxford Houses listed in Illinois. The last report put 5 of those 7 beds in use, leaving 2 reported openings. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 9:00am. Contact John at (224) 670-1509 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Sober living costs and rent help in Illinois
Sober living in Illinois typically runs around $170 a week. Members of an Oxford House split the real cost of running the home, so this house's share is its own — the residents are the only ones who can quote it. For scale, renting privately in Illinois has a median gross rent of $1,274 a month. Residents who cannot cover a share outright often go through state-funded routes such as IDHS/SUPR Recovery Home contracts and CORS and WARM settlement peer-support grants. That money is administered by Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention an.
How an Oxford House is run
Oxford Houses are managed day to day by their residents, funded by an equal share from each resident and free of alcohol and drugs. New members are interviewed and admitted by the members themselves, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.
How recovery housing is regulated in Illinois
Illinois licenses some recovery housing but not the peer-run kind in most cases. Illinois Association of Extended Care (IAEC) runs the voluntary certification scheme as the state's NARR affiliate. Oxford Houses run on a charter from Oxford House, Inc., not state certification, so expect this address to be missing from the state list. The certified-residence register for Illinois is online here. Protection runs from the federal Fair Housing Act and Illinois Fair Housing Law (Human Rights Act) (775 Illinois Compiled Statutes Section 5/3-102).
Other sober living options near Waukegan, IL
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Jocelyn in Waukegan, about 1.1 miles away; Oxford House Stewart 3 in Waukegan, about 1.3 miles away; Oxford House Jay Paul 2 in Waukegan, about 3.0 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 4 in Waukegan, 6 across Lake County, 131 in Illinois. Browse recovery housing in Waukegan or sober living across Illinois.
Directory data was last refreshed 09/07/2026. Openings and interview times change without notice. Ring the house before arranging anything.
Oxford House Hawkins -Waukegan, Illinois
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.
Oxford House Hawkins -Waukegan, Illinois, 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.
