Rethinking Your Teardown: How to Donate Your House for a Major Tax Break

Two skilled workers salvaging valuable reclaimed wood and used building materials from a residential deconstruction project, contributing to the Baltimore non-profit Second Chance for sustainable home improvement.

When most people hear the phrase “donating a house,” they picture signing over the deed and the land to a charity. However, if your goal is to build your dream home on that exact spot, you can keep your land and simply donate the physical building materials of the structure itself.