City Real Estate
The City of Milwaukee offers a variety of properties for sale, including fully rehabilitated homes, tax-foreclosed buildings, vacant lots, surplus municipal facilities and brownfield properties suitable for redevelopment. Offers to purchase are reviewed to ensure that buyers will re-use property in a way that improves our community.
Follow the links below to learn more about buying City-owned properties!
Residential Properties
The City of Milwaukee owns hundreds of residential properties acquired through tax foreclosure. Our goal is to return these properties to private ownership, prioritizing sales to owner-occupants.
Commercial Properties
The City of Milwaukee acquires a broad range of commercial properties via tax foreclosure – from multi-family properties with four or more units and mixed-use buildings to industrial properties and taverns.
Land Sales (Vacant Lots)
The City also owns many vacant lots that can be purchased. Some of these lots can be sold as side lots and some are reserved for new construction.
Vacant Lots for Building Homes
Help For Homebuyers
The City of Milwaukee wants to help you reach your dream of buying a home.
Help For Homeowners
The City of Milwaukee offers a variety of resources and incentive programs to help residents with housing improvements.
Home Improvement Resource Navigator
Neighborhood Improvement Development Corporation (NIDC)
Building Community
The City of Milwaukee offers many opportunities to connect with your neighbors, attend community meetings and learn the latest about development projects.
More Opportunities
The City of Milwaukee offers a range of opportunies that make an impact in Milwaukee.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can't find the answer to your question? Here are a few answers and destinations that may help.