Agencies with properties potentially up for sale include the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Justice, and Veterans Affairs.
Historic Government Buildings Among the Listings
Some of the government’s most well-known properties are included in the proposed sale. The GSA even listed its own headquarters as a potential property for sale. The Trump administration also explored relocating agencies outside of Washington, D.C. to save on rent and salaries.
Other buildings eligible for sale include historic customs houses from the 19th century in cities like New Bedford, Massachusetts; Portland, Maine; and Norfolk, Virginia. These buildings once played a key role in collecting import duties that funded the federal government before income taxes were introduced.
The properties vary greatly in size, from the Department of Agriculture’s 4,500-room building in Washington—once the world’s largest office building before the Pentagon was built—to a mere 74-square-foot toll booth at the Good Neighbor International Bridge in El Paso, Texas.
