About this Recovery Home
MySpace House - 1021 West 36th Street is a women's sober living home in Norfolk, Virginia, an independent city in DBHDS Region 5. It holds VARR certification at Level of Support 2, and Myspace Norfolk LLC operates it as one of two women's residences the company runs on this block.
A Women's Sober Living Home on West 36th Street
West 36th Street runs through the Riverview and Lambert's Point side of Norfolk, a residential grid of older single-family houses within walking distance of Hampton Boulevard. Old Dominion University sits a few blocks south, which puts entry-level employment, a public library and a busy bus corridor inside reach on foot. The house serves women only, so the household, the bathrooms and the house meetings all belong to one population, and the rules are written for it.
Two Women's Sober Houses on One Block
The operator runs a second women's residence across the street at 1016 West 36th Street, and both are separately certified on the state register. That matters when a house is full. An applicant turned away from one address is a few steps from the other, under the same operator, the same fee structure and the same set of expectations. It also means a woman who needs a change of housemates does not have to leave the neighborhood, the bus route or her outpatient provider to get one.
What VARR Accreditation Establishes for This Recovery Residence
Certification runs through the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences, and the state register records this residence at Level of Support 2, which VARR names Monitored. Monitored means peer-run housing with written structure and clinical care delivered elsewhere. Behind the level sits the part a resident can actually check: a published code of ethics, fees and house rules disclosed in writing before move-in, a documented relapse and discharge policy, and an external complaint route. In a state where certification is mandatory and uncertified operation is a criminal offense, a listed address is the baseline, and the level tells you what kind of house it is.
Norfolk Recovery Housing and the University Corridor
Norfolk is an independent city, so it belongs to no county and answers to a single municipal government. For someone in early recovery the useful consequence is density. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Old Dominion University, Tidewater Community College, the Norfolk courts and Naval Station Norfolk all fall inside the city line, and Hampton Roads Transit runs buses along Hampton Boulevard and the Tide light rail through downtown. Appointments, court dates, classes and shift work can be reached without owning a car, which is the constraint most residents are actually working around.
Applying to This Norfolk Sober House
Applications go through Myspace Norfolk LLC, which runs eight certified residences across Norfolk and Portsmouth. Ask what the weekly fee includes, whether a house manager lives on site, how long the typical stay runs, what the policy is on medication for opioid use disorder, and what a relapse triggers. Certification means those answers exist in writing and have to be produced on request.
