I lived in Oxford House in Harrisonburg. Living in Oxford House taught me accountability, responsibility and have me structure. It also taught me how to be a leader and to become an upstanding member in the community. 

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.