I live in Oxford House - Aayla in Lynchburg. Oxford Houses are democratically self-governing and self-supporting under the Oxford House system of operations. 

Oxford has given me my life back and it can also give many of other people there life back if they want to truly recover. I have made many of friends while iv been in the Oxford it's truly a blessing to be apart of it. 

I support rules that keep people safe, but rules that require staff or assume every home is a commercial business would keep Oxford Houses from operating in Virginia, even though research shows our model gets the best results. Please change those rules, and please clarify whether house members are considered the operator.