About this Recovery House
Oxford House Johnson City — Sober Living Home in Johnson City, Tennessee
Oxford House Johnson City at 221 E Unaka Ave, Johnson City, TN is a resident-run recovery home for men. It is listed with room for 12 residents and no reported openings. The address is in Washington County.
Oxford House Johnson City — residence information
- Address: 221 E Unaka Ave, Johnson City, TN 37601
- County: Washington
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 12 residents
- Reported vacancies: no reported openings
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 9:00am
- Contact: Contact Brian at (423) 530-8825
- House phone: (423) 202-3308
- Map: View the reported location
At 12 beds it is larger than most of the 178 Oxford Houses listed in Tennessee. The last vacancy report showed all 12 beds spoken for. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 9:00am. Contact Brian at (423) 530-8825 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
What a bed costs in Tennessee, and what help exists
Typical sober living in Tennessee costs around $165 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. For scale, renting privately in Tennessee has a median gross rent of $1,189 a month. TDMHSAS Creating Homes Initiative and Housing Choice Voucher are among the public routes that pay for recovery-housing beds here. Funding of this kind runs through Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
The Oxford House model and the resident interview
Oxford Houses are governed by their own residents, self-funding and kept free of alcohol and illicit drugs. New members are interviewed and admitted by the members themselves, so calling the house is the only way to learn what is actually free.
How recovery housing is regulated in Tennessee
Tennessee does not licence recovery residences as facilities. The state's NARR affiliate, Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences (TN-ARR), certifies homes that choose to apply. An Oxford House answers to Oxford House, Inc. rather than to a state certifying body, so it rarely appears on state registers. Both the federal Fair Housing Act and Tennessee Fair Housing Law (Tennessee Code Section 4-21-601) protect residents here.
Other Oxford Houses near Johnson City, TN
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Sublime in Johnson City, about 0.2 miles away; Oxford House Tidus in Johnson City, about 0.7 miles away; Oxford House Amidala in Johnson City, about 0.7 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 23 in Johnson City, 178 in Tennessee. Browse recovery housing in Johnson City or sober living across Tennessee.
Availability was last reported 09/07/2026. A listed bed can go in a day. Verify directly with the house first.
Oxford House in Tennessee
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 Tennessee, 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.
