I know an individual who lived in several Oxford Houses in the Lynchburg, and Metro-Richmond areas. Oxford Houses are democratically self-governing and self-supporting under the Oxford House system of operations. 

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.