House Donation Group accepts donations of whole houses and generates contributions that help other charitable housing organizations. By donating a future interest in your house, it becomes tangible personal property as it is removed from your land. This qualifies it as a charitable, tax deductible item.*

We work with Nickel Bros, a separate entity contracted as our exclusive mover and co-marketer for your house. We have them determine which houses can be recycled and moved. Not all houses can be economically removed. And of those that can, not all will find a buyer in the time available. House buyers will contract directly with Nickel Bros to complete the house’s removal and relocation.

Your house will be listed on the House Donation Group (www.housedonationgroup.org) and the Nickel Bros (www.nickelbros.com) web sites. Potential house buyers will pre-qualify with Nickel Bros for feasibility of a move to their property, receive an estimate of moving costs, and provide confirmation of available funds for the move.

As a house donor, you will contribute 5% of the appraised value of your structure only – not land – to House Donation Group, to support our programs and to handle our operating costs. As a non-profit, our goal is that 80% to 85% of every dollar we bring in, goes to fund housing programs for those in need.

Nickel Bros will coordinate with the house owner/donor and the buyer to do the removal. The owner will need to give Nickel Bros written permission to sever the house from the land. House Donation Group does not participate in the house move.