I live in Oxford House - Tyr in Roanoke. Oxford Houses are democratically self-governing and self-supporting under the Oxford House system of operations. My sponsor, working the twelve steps and my roomates have molded me into the person I am today. We have a brotherhood that I never dreamed possible, beforehand. 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.