About this Recovery House
Oxford House Melrose Avenue: Sober Living in Blackwood, New Jersey
Oxford House Melrose Avenue is a self-governed recovery residence for women in Blackwood, New Jersey. The residence reports 7 beds and 1 reported opening. It falls within Camden County.
Address, capacity and contact for Oxford House Melrose Avenue
- Address: 1002 Melrose Ave, Blackwood, NJ 08012
- County: Camden
- Resident group: women
- Reported capacity: 7 residents
- Reported vacancies: 1 reported opening
- Interview schedule: Thursday at 7:00pm
- Contact: Contact Farah at (856) 239-9787
- House phone: (856) 568-6974
- Map: View the reported location
At 7 beds it is smaller than most of the 172 Oxford Houses listed in New Jersey. The last report put 6 of those 7 beds in use, leaving 1 reported opening. Interview times are listed as Thursday at 7:00pm. Contact Farah at (856) 239-9787 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Cost of recovery housing in New Jersey
Sober living across New Jersey averages roughly $210 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. Against that, the median gross rent in New Jersey is $1,720 a month. Where paying the share is not possible, state-funded help such as federal Recovery Housing Program and NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports is the usual route. The agency behind it is New Jersey Dept. of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standards, Bureau.
The Oxford House model and the resident interview
Oxford Houses are managed day to day by their residents, self-funding and free of alcohol and drugs. New members are accepted by those already in the home, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.
Is sober living regulated in New Jersey?
Recovery housing in New Jersey operates under a state licence. Oxford Houses run on a charter from Oxford House, Inc., not state certification, so expect this address to be missing from the state list. New Jersey publishes its certified-residence directory. Both the federal Fair Housing Act and New Jersey Fair Housing Law (Law Against Discrimination) (New Jersey Revised Statutes Section 10:5-12) protect residents here.
Nearby Oxford Houses in Blackwood and Camden County
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Goldfinch in Grenloch, about 0.5 miles away; Oxford House Clementon in Clementon, about 3.3 miles away; Oxford House Meadowbrook Circle in Sicklerville, about 3.3 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 20 across Camden County, 172 in New Jersey. Browse sober living across New Jersey.
The vacancy figures above date from 09/07/2026. Interview nights and contacts are both liable to change. Confirm with the current members before acting on this.
Oxford House in New Jersey
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 New Jersey, 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.
