About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Pentagon — Sober Living in Fairfax, Virginia
Oxford House Pentagon is a peer-run sober living home for women at 5300 Portsmouth Road, Fairfax, VA. Records show room for 9 residents and 2 reported openings. The house is in Fairfax County.
Location and vacancy details for Oxford House Pentagon
- Address: 5300 Portsmouth Road, Fairfax, VA 22032
- County: Fairfax
- Resident group: women
- Reported capacity: 9 residents
- Reported vacancies: 2 reported openings
- Interview schedule: Monday at 5:30pm
- Contact: Contact Celeste at (360) 808-6152
- House phone: (703) 426-2515
- Map: View the reported location
At 9 beds it is about average among the 186 Oxford Houses listed in Virginia. The last report put 7 of those 9 beds in use, leaving 2 reported openings. Interview times are listed as Monday at 5:30pm. Contact Celeste at (360) 808-6152 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
What sober living costs in Virginia, and how residents pay for it
Across Virginia, sober living generally runs about $200 a week. Oxford House works on an equal share of what the home actually costs, not a set rent, so treat that as the market rather than this address. Against that, the median gross rent in Virginia is $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. The agency behind it is Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
How an Oxford House is run
Oxford Houses are run by their members rather than by staff, financially self-supporting and kept free of alcohol and illicit drugs. 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 Virginia
Virginia does not licence recovery residences as facilities. Voluntary certification runs through Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR), the state's NARR affiliate. An Oxford House holds a charter from Oxford House, Inc. instead of state affiliate certification, which is why it is generally absent from state certified-home lists. The certified-residence list for Virginia is published here. People in recovery are a protected class under the Fair Housing Act and under Virginia Fair Housing Law (Code of Virginia Section 36-96.3).
Other sober living options near Fairfax, VA
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Hunter Street in Fairfax, about 2.4 miles away; Oxford House Fairchester Woods in Fairfax, about 3.1 miles away; Oxford House Little River in Fairfax, about 4.2 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 8 in Fairfax, 36 across Fairfax County, 186 in Virginia. Browse recovery housing in Fairfax or sober living across Virginia.
The vacancy figures above date from 09/08/2026. A listed bed can go in a day. Confirm with the current members before acting on this.
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.
