--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This is Where the Obamas Will Move After Leaving the White House  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 26, 2016 12:24 PM UTC  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. 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. The home sits on a quarter-a","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4349036/barack-obama-washington-house/","name":"This is Where the Obamas Will Move After Leaving the White House"}}]}] ```