About this Recovery House
Oxford House Bluff Trail — Recovery Housing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Oxford House Bluff Trail is a peer-run sober living home serving women, including women with children. The house reports space for 7 residents and 2 reported openings. Orange County covers this address.
Oxford House Bluff Trail — house details
- Address: 17 Bluff Trail, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
- County: Orange
- Resident group: women, including women with children
- Reported capacity: 7 residents
- Reported vacancies: 2 reported openings
- Interview schedule: Wednesday at 9:30pm
- Contact: Contact Nicole at (910) 986-4761
- House phone: (919) 240-7591
- Map: View the reported location
At 7 beds it is smaller than most of the 326 Oxford Houses listed in North Carolina. The last report put 5 of those 7 beds in use, leaving 2 reported openings. Interview times are listed as Wednesday at 9:30pm. Contact Nicole at (910) 986-4761 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Paying for sober living in North Carolina
Across North Carolina, sober living generally runs about $170 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. Median gross rent statewide in North Carolina is $1,228 a month, for context. Residents short of the first payment often go through County opioid-settlement Recovery Housing Support and NC Commerce CDBG Recovery Housing Program or similar state funding. Funding of this kind runs through North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health,.
How the Oxford House model works
Oxford Houses are run by the people who live in them, paid for by the members themselves and required to stay substance-free. New members are accepted by the current residents, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.
Certification and oversight in North Carolina
Recovery housing in North Carolina operates without a state licence. North Carolina Association of Recovery Residences (NCARR), the state's NARR affiliate, offers voluntary certification. Certification by the state affiliate and an Oxford House charter are different things; this home holds the latter. The certified-residence register for North Carolina is online here. Fair housing protection comes from federal law and from North Carolina Fair Housing Law (North Carolina General Statutes Section 41A-4).
Nearby Oxford Houses in Chapel Hill and Orange County
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Lloyd Summit in Carrboro, about 0.6 miles away; Oxford House Greene St. in Chapel Hill, about 0.6 miles away; Oxford House Greene Street North in Chapel Hill, about 0.6 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 20 in Chapel Hill, 25 across Orange County, 326 in North Carolina. Browse recovery housing in Chapel Hill or sober living across North Carolina.
Availability was last reported 09/09/2026. A listed bed can go in a day. Ring the house before arranging anything.
Oxford House North Carolina
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 North Carolina, 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.
