About this Recovery House
Oxford House Summerlyn — Recovery Housing in Raleigh, North Carolina
Oxford House Summerlyn is a drug- and alcohol-free shared home for women, including women with children in Raleigh, North Carolina. The house reports space for 9 residents and 3 reported openings, 2 of them for a resident with children. The address is in Wake County.
Address, capacity and contact for Oxford House Summerlyn
- Address: 1909 Summerlyn Dr, Raleigh, NC 27609
- County: Wake
- Resident group: women, including women with children
- Reported capacity: 9 residents
- Reported vacancies: 3 reported openings, 2 of them for a resident with children
- Interview schedule: Monday at 8:00pm
- Contact: Contact Olivia at (919) 236-1758
- House phone: (984) 233-5063
- Map: View the reported location
At 9 beds it is about average among the 326 Oxford Houses listed in North Carolina. The last report put 6 of those 9 beds in use, leaving 3 reported openings, 2 of them for a resident with children. Interview times are listed as Monday at 8:00pm. Contact Olivia at (919) 236-1758 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Cost of recovery housing in North Carolina
Sober living across North Carolina averages roughly $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. Where paying the share is not possible, state-funded help such as County opioid-settlement Recovery Housing Support and NC Commerce CDBG Recovery Housing Program is the usual route. North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, handles recovery-housing funding for the state.
The Oxford House model and the resident interview
Oxford Houses are resident-governed homes, supported entirely by the residents' own contributions and required to stay substance-free. New members are interviewed and admitted by the people already living there, so a listed opening is a reason to call rather than a bed held in anyone's name.
Recovery residence standards and oversight in North Carolina
North Carolina does not licence recovery residences as facilities. North Carolina Association of Recovery Residences (NCARR) 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. A directory of certified residences is maintained for the state. The federal Fair Housing Act applies, as does North Carolina Fair Housing Law (North Carolina General Statutes Section 41A-4).
Nearby Oxford Houses in Raleigh and Wake County
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Mallard in Raleigh, about 0.3 miles away; Oxford House Hearth in Raleigh, about 1.1 miles away; Oxford House Indian Trail in Raleigh, about 1.3 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 49 in Raleigh, 59 across Wake County, 326 in North Carolina. Browse recovery housing in Raleigh or sober living across North Carolina.
Last vacancy update: 09/07/2026. Interview nights and contacts are both liable to change. Call before making a discharge or travel plan.
Oxford House in 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.
