Solemn Men's Oxford House

About this Recovery House

Oxford House Solemn — Sober Living Home in East Orange, New Jersey

Listed at 289 Elmwood Ave 2nd Floor, East Orange, NJ, Oxford House Solemn is a peer-run recovery residence for men. Reported capacity is 6, with no reported openings. Essex County covers this address.

Oxford House Solemn — residence information

• Address: 289 Elmwood Ave 2nd Floor, East Orange, NJ 07018
• County: Essex
• Resident group: men
• Reported capacity: 6 residents
• Reported vacancies: no reported openings
• Interview schedule: Wednesday at 8:30pm
• Contact: Contact Ed at (862) 235-7575
• House phone: (862) 465-7530
• Map: View the reported location

At 6 beds it is smaller than most of the 172 Oxford Houses listed in New Jersey. The last vacancy report showed all 6 beds spoken for. Interview times are listed as Wednesday at 8:30pm. Contact Ed at (862) 235-7575 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.

What sober living costs in New Jersey, and how residents pay for it

Sober living across New Jersey averages roughly $210 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. By way of comparison, New Jersey's median gross rent is $1,720 monthly. federal Recovery Housing Program and NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports are among the public routes that pay for recovery-housing beds here. That money is administered by New Jersey Dept. of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standards, Bureau.

How the Oxford House model works

Oxford Houses are governed by their own residents, supported entirely by the residents' own contributions and free of alcohol and drugs. New members are accepted by the current residents, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.

Certification and oversight in New Jersey

A state licence is required to operate a recovery residence in New Jersey. 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 New Jersey are listed here. Residents are protected by the federal Fair Housing Act and by New Jersey Fair Housing Law (Law Against Discrimination) (New Jersey Revised Statutes Section 10:5-12).

If Oxford House Solemn is full — other houses near East Orange

The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Embarks in Orange, about 1.2 miles away; Oxford House Montclair Il in Montclair, about 3.3 miles away; Oxford House Hazelwood in Bloomfield, about 3.5 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 4 across Essex County, 172 in New Jersey. Browse recovery housing in East Orange or sober living across New Jersey.

This reflects a vacancy report from 09/07/2026. Recovery housing vacancies move quickly. Ring the house before arranging anything.