GoKawiilU.S. government real estate · 2,074 homes listed right now
You can buy a house from the government for $3,000
The U.S. government ends up owning thousands of homes when federally-backed mortgages default, and it quietly resells them - sometimes for less than a used car. Right now 335 of them are listed under $100,000 across 38 states, 77 under $50,000, 15 under $25,000. Here they are on the map.
U.S. government homes under $100,000, mapped 334 homes owned by HUD, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, across 38 states. Pick your state to zoom in; click any dot to open the listing. Find cheap homes in your state: Select state Alabama ( 17 ) Alaska ( 1 ) Arkansas ( 7 ) California ( 3 ) Colorado ( 5 ) Florida ( 14 ) Georgia ( 6 ) Hawaii ( 1 ) Illinois ( 33 ) Indiana ( 4 ) Iowa ( 11 ) Kansas ( 6 ) Kentucky ( 7 ) Louisiana ( 19 ) Maine ( 2 ) Maryland ( 8 ) Michigan ( 18 ) Minnesota ( 4 ) Mississippi ( 16 ) Missouri ( 22 ) Montana ( 1 ) Nevada ( 1 ) New Mexico ( 5 ) New York ( 8 ) North Carolina ( 6 ) North Dakota ( 2 ) Ohio ( 19 ) Oklahoma ( 9 ) Oregon ( 1 ) Pennsylvania ( 25 ) South Carolina ( 4 ) South Dakota ( 3 ) Tennessee ( 1 ) Texas ( 26 ) Vermont ( 1 ) Virginia ( 1 ) West Virginia ( 10 ) Wisconsin ( 7 ) $3,000 Flint , MI List price: under $10K $10–25K $25–50K $50–75K $75–100K
334 government-owned homes listed under $100,000 as of July 7, 2026 . Sources: HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. Prices are current list/asking prices. Source: govauctions.app
The cheap houses cluster in the Rust Belt and the rural South - places where a foreclosed home can be worth less than the cost of demolishing it. 38 states have at least one government home under $100,000 on the market right now; the states with the most are IL ( 33 ), TX ( 26 ), PA ( 25 ), MO ( 22 ), OH ( 19 ). The typical government home isn't dirt cheap: the median list price across all 2,074 of them is $210,000 . However, the bottom of the market is just far lower than most people believe a house can go for. So what does a $3,000 house actually get you?
$3,000 One of the cheapest houses in the country 420 E Dayton St , Flint , Michigan A single-family house (3 beds, 1 bath, 1,056 sq ft, built 1924) that HUD took back in foreclosure and listed for $3,000 - about the price of a used car. It is sold strictly as-is: at this number the house almost certainly needs serious work, and you make an offer through a licensed agent (a HUD-registered broker) rather than in a live bidding war. But the list price is real, and it is public. See this listingBrowse HUD homes
Photo & details: HUD (U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development) , case listing.
And it's not the only one
Cheap government homes aren't a one-off. These are the lowest-priced government homes on the market right now:
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