Living in Oxford House has helped me develop skills that I would never in a million years think I would develop. Working together as a democratic group has been key in my success. Paying the bills, keeping the house maintained, and holding each other accountable, doing it together, has been the best part of living in an Oxford house. The current way our houses operate is WHY it works. To make a change in how we do things would be devastating to all.  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