Walden-Oxford House
Project Description
The Walden-Oxford House is a group home for five women in recovery from substance abuse and their children. It is located in the Collington Square neighborhood of east Baltimore. EHC coordinated the financing and construction for the renovation of these formerly vacant row houses.
The Oxford House offers these women stable and permanent housing, with the necessary support services to assist in their substance abuse
recovery. The Oxford House offers a unique recovery house model
because it is a democratically self-run recovery home. The three main principles of the Oxford House are: (1) the house must be democratically self-run; (2) the house membership is responsible for all household
expenses; and (3) the house must immediately expel any member who uses alcohol or drugs.
Owner
Collington Square Nonprofit Corporation
Architect
Warren Anderson, AIA
Contractor
Debutech Contractors
Funding Sources
Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, Whiting-Turner Foundation, Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development, The France-Merrick Foundation