I have lived in an Oxford House in Richmond VA for the past 2 years. We are a self governing, self supporting and self sufficient community of men and women working together to help ourselves and each other experience a better life. The love and support I’ve been shown by my community is unlike anything I’ve experienced in any facility, rehab, halfway house, or program. We are not a program. We have made these houses our homes and to take that away by adding staff members would be intrusive and a step backwards. 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.