About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Bluffs — Sober Living in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Listed at 725 5th Ave, Council Bluffs, IA, Oxford House Bluffs is a peer-run recovery residence for women, including women with children. Directory records show a capacity of 9 with 3 reported openings, 1 of them for a resident with children. Pottawattamie County covers this address.
Address, capacity and contact for Oxford House Bluffs
- Address: 725 5th Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
- County: Pottawattamie
- Resident group: women, including women with children
- Reported capacity: 9 residents
- Reported vacancies: 3 reported openings, 1 of them for a resident with children
- Interview schedule: daily at 7:00pm
- Contact: Contact Sabrina Dawson at (712) 355-3931
- House phone: (712) 796-3533
- Map: View the reported location
The last report put 6 of those 9 beds in use, leaving 3 reported openings, 1 of them for a resident with children. Interview times are listed as daily at 7:00pm. Contact Sabrina Dawson at (712) 355-3931 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Paying for sober living in Iowa
Sober living across Iowa averages roughly $145 a week. An Oxford House does not set a rent — members split what the house actually costs to run, so the figure here is a guide to the market, not to this home. Against that, the median gross rent in Iowa is $972 a month. People who cannot pay a share up front commonly use programmes such as ESG Rapid Rehousing and Iowa Rapid Rehousing Project. Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health administers that funding at state level.
What to know before calling an Oxford House
Oxford Houses are resident-governed homes, financially self-supporting and abstinence-based by rule. New members are taken on by the members themselves, so a reported vacancy is a starting point, not a reservation.
How recovery housing is regulated in Iowa
Recovery housing in Iowa operates without a state licence. An Oxford House holds a charter from Oxford House, Inc. instead of state affiliate certification, which is why it is generally absent from state certified-home lists. The federal Fair Housing Act applies, as does Iowa Fair Housing Law (Civil Rights Act) (Iowa Code Section 216.8).
Other Oxford Houses near Council Bluffs, IA
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Loess Hills in Council Bluffs, about 0.7 miles away; Oxford House Bancroft in Omaha, about 4.4 miles away; Oxford House Castelar in Omaha, about 4.5 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 2 in Council Bluffs, 6 in Iowa. Browse recovery housing in Council Bluffs or sober living across Iowa.
Directory data was last refreshed 09/07/2026. A listed bed can go in a day. Call before making a discharge or travel plan.
Oxford House Bluffs- Council Bluff, Iowa
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 Bluffs- Council Bluff, Iowa, 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.
