--- title: Obamas to Move to This Washington Home After White House description: The Obamas will move to a nine-bedroom home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. after leaving the White House in 2017 canonical: https://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T12:24:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:51:40.057Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obamas to Move to This Washington Home After White House og:description: The Obamas will move to a nine-bedroom home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. after leaving the White House in 2017 og:url: https://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8654c5f15f09df3/6988951b196cf4b6d803bc60/barack-obama-kalorama-dc-home.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Obama New Home og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obamas to Move to This Washington Home After White House twitter:description: The Obamas will move to a nine-bedroom home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. after leaving the White House in 2017 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8654c5f15f09df3/6988951b196cf4b6d803bc60/barack-obama-kalorama-dc-home.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This is Where the Obamas Will Move After Leaving the White House > Sponsored content. 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Real estate circles buzzed Wednesday over reports that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have decided to lease this nine-bedroom mansion in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood when he leaves office in January 2017\. The home sits on a quarter-acre lot just down the road from the Naval Observatory, the vice president's official residence. Andrew Harnik—AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 26, 2016 12:24 PM UTC The Obamas will move to a nine-bedroom home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. after leaving the White House in 2017, according to reports. The family will rent the 8,200-square-foot home while President Obama’s daughter Sasha finishes high school in the nation’s capitol. The home is owned by Joe Lockhart, a Democratic Party insider who now serves as an executive at the National Football League, and his wife Giovanna Gray Lockhart, a _Glamour_ editor. The location in Kalorama is a popular spot for many of the city’s wealthy and already features a large security presence to protect the many diplomats who call it home. The news, first [reported](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/where-obamas-live-dc-after-white-house-223557) by _Politico_, comes less than a month after the White House announced that the Obama’s oldest daughter [Malia will attend Harvard University](http://time.com/4313615/malia-obama-harvard-barack-gap-year/) in the fall after taking a gap year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/"},"headline":"This is Where the Obamas Will Move After Leaving the White House","datePublished":"2016-05-26T12:24:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:51:40.057Z","description":"They're staying in Washington so Sasha can finish high school","url":"https://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8654c5f15f09df3/6988951b196cf4b6d803bc60/barack-obama-kalorama-dc-home.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8654c5f15f09df3/6988951b196cf4b6d803bc60/barack-obama-kalorama-dc-home.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama New Home","caption":"Real estate circles buzzed Wednesday over reports that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have decided to lease this nine-bedroom mansion in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood when he leaves office in January 2017. 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