About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Pen Park — Recovery Housing in Charlottesville, Virginia
Oxford House Pen Park is a peer-run sober living home for men at 1100 Locust Avenue, Charlottesville, VA. Directory records show a capacity of 7 with 2 reported openings. The house is in Charlottesville County.
Oxford House Pen Park — house details
- Address: 1100 Locust Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22901
- County: Charlottesville
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 7 residents
- Reported vacancies: 2 reported openings
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 12:30pm
- Contact: Contact LaRue at (540) 718-8551
- House phone: (434) 202-8800
- Map: View the reported location
At 7 beds it is smaller than most of the 186 Oxford Houses listed in Virginia. The last report put 5 of those 7 beds in use, leaving 2 reported openings. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 12:30pm. Contact LaRue at (540) 718-8551 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
Sober living costs and rent help in Virginia
In Virginia, a bed in sober living commonly runs about $200 a week. Oxford Houses work differently: members divide the home's real costs between them rather than paying a fixed rent, so ask the house what its share comes to. For scale, renting privately in Virginia has a median gross rent of $1,579 a month. OAA opioid-settlement grants and DBHDS/VARR indigent-bed grants are among the public routes that pay for recovery-housing beds here. Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services administers that funding at state level.
What to know before calling an Oxford House
Oxford Houses are resident-governed homes, funded by an equal share from each resident and substance-free as a condition of membership. New members are voted in by the current residents, so calling the house is the only way to learn what is actually free.
Is sober living regulated in Virginia?
Recovery housing in Virginia operates without a state licence. Certification is voluntary and administered by Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR), the NARR affiliate for the state. An Oxford House answers to Oxford House, Inc. rather than to a state certifying body, so it rarely appears on state registers. The state's list of certified residences is published here. The federal Fair Housing Act applies, as does Virginia Fair Housing Law (Code of Virginia Section 36-96.3).
Other sober living options near Charlottesville, VA
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Wakefield in Charlottesville, about 1.7 miles away; Oxford House Empowered in Charlottesville, about 1.7 miles away; Oxford House Washington Park in Charlottesville, about 1.9 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 7 in Charlottesville, 186 in Virginia. Browse recovery housing in Charlottesville or sober living across Virginia.
Vacancy information was last reported 09/07/2026. An opening shown here may already be filled. Check with the residents before relying on any of it.
Oxford House in Virginia
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 Virginia, 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.
