Fortem Men's Oxford House

About this Recovery House

Oxford House Fortem: Sober Living in Knoxville, Tennessee

In Knoxville, Tennessee, Oxford House Fortem is a peer-run sober living home serving men. It is listed with room for 10 residents and no reported openings. The house is in Knox County.

Oxford House Fortem — residence information

• Address: 5904 Wilkerson Rd, Knoxville, TN 37912
• County: Knox
• Resident group: men
• Reported capacity: 10 residents
• Reported vacancies: no reported openings
• Interview schedule: Sunday at 8:00pm
• Contact: Contact Micheal at (865) 771-8646
• House phone: (865) 910-0685
• Map: View the reported location

At 10 beds it is larger than most of the 178 Oxford Houses listed in Tennessee. The last vacancy report showed all 10 beds spoken for. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 8:00pm. Contact Micheal at (865) 771-8646 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.

Cost of recovery housing in Tennessee

Expect sober living in Tennessee to run about $165 a week. That is a market figure, not this home's. Oxford House members divide the actual running costs equally, so ask the house directly. For scale, renting privately in Tennessee has a median gross rent of $1,189 a month. Where paying the share is not possible, state-funded help such as TDMHSAS Creating Homes Initiative and Housing Choice Voucher is the usual route. The agency behind it is Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

How an Oxford House is run

Oxford Houses are managed day to day by their residents, paid for by the members themselves and abstinence-based by rule. New members are taken on by the current residents, so an opening is not the same thing as an acceptance.

Recovery residence standards and oversight in Tennessee

No state licence is required to run a recovery residence in Tennessee. Certification is voluntary and administered by Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences (TN-ARR), the NARR affiliate for the state. Oxford Houses are chartered by Oxford House, Inc. rather than certified by a state affiliate, so this home will not usually appear on a state certification list. Fair housing protection comes from federal law and from Tennessee Fair Housing Law (Tennessee Code Section 4-21-601).

Other sober living options near Knoxville, TN

The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Neyland in Knoxville, about 0.4 miles away; Oxford House Wintergreen in Knoxville, about 0.6 miles away; Oxford House Sunsphere in Knoxville, about 1.4 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 33 in Knoxville, 178 in Tennessee. Browse recovery housing in Knoxville or sober living across Tennessee.

Last vacancy update: 08/24/2026. Openings and interview times change without notice. Verify directly with the house first.