About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Ventura: Sober Living in Portland, Oregon
In Portland, Oregon, Oxford House Ventura is a peer-run sober living home serving women, including women with children. The residence reports 7 beds and no reported openings. It sits in Multnomah County.
Location and vacancy details for Oxford House Ventura
- Address: 11561 Se Morrison St, Portland, OR 97216
- County: Multnomah
- Resident group: women, including women with children
- Reported capacity: 7 residents
- Reported vacancies: no reported openings
- Interview schedule: Friday at 8:00pm
- Contact: Contact Zarah at (503) 462-9290
- House phone: (503) 261-8062
- Map: View the reported location
At 7 beds it is smaller than most of the 251 Oxford Houses listed in Oregon. The last vacancy report showed all 7 beds spoken for. Interview times are listed as Friday at 8:00pm. Contact Zarah at (503) 462-9290 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
What sober living costs in Oregon, and how residents pay for it
Across Oregon, sober living generally runs about $195 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 in Oregon, for comparison, is $1,525 a month. Residents short of the first payment often go through Medicaid HRSN housing benefit and DOC/county reentry funds or similar state funding. Oregon Health Authority, Health Systems Division administers that funding at state level.
The Oxford House model and the resident interview
Oxford Houses are run by the people who live in them, covered by the members' equal shares and free of alcohol and drugs. New members are interviewed and admitted by the members themselves, so the vacancy count reserves nothing.
Recovery residence standards and oversight in Oregon
Oregon does not licence recovery residences as facilities. Homes that want certification apply to Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO), the state NARR affiliate. An Oxford House answers to Oxford House, Inc. rather than to a state certifying body, so it rarely appears on state registers. A directory of certified residences is maintained for the state. The federal Fair Housing Act applies, as does Oregon Fair Housing Law (Oregon Revised Statutes Section 659A.421).
Oxford Houses near Portland, OR
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Tresco in Portland, about 0.1 miles away; Oxford House Ashar in Portland, about 0.4 miles away; Oxford House Fir Ridge in Portland, about 0.5 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 42 in Portland, 48 across Multnomah County, 251 in Oregon. Browse recovery housing in Portland or sober living across Oregon.
Vacancy information was last reported 09/07/2026. Openings and interview times change without notice. Confirm both with the house before travelling.
Oxford House Ventura - Portland, Oregon
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 Ventura - Portland, Oregon 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.
