The Office of the Provost, Faculty Staff Housing (FSH) continues to offer on- and off-campus ground-leased homes for purchase via a Lottery Sale.  The University reserves the right to repurpose home inventory.

FSH anticipates that the homes will continue to be a mixture of condominium and single-family residences, new construction, recently refurbished, and redevelopment opportunities. Additionally, we anticipate that the Lottery Sale homes will continue to vary in floor plan size and location within the surrounding communities of Stanford, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park.

Lottery Sale Homes are offered to Eligible Faculty who:

  • Satisfy all of the Eligibility Criteria for the Lottery Sale home; and
  • "Submit an Offer" for the home as outlined on the website for the home; and
  • "Complete the Purchase" of the home, as outlined on the website for the home.

Please note that the Purchase Offer Packet must be submitted electronically by the eligible faculty member through the FSH website sales listing by selecting the "Submit an Offer" button on the Lottery Sale Listing page under "Property Features." This will enable you to upload the pre-qualification letter and generate a signed Deposit Form via DocuSign.

Dual-Eligible Couples:
Each member of a dual-eligible couple must submit their own purchase offer individually, using their unique login.  Both offers should use the same pre-qualification letter.  To count as two entries in the lottery, both purchase offers must be submitted by the deadline and qualified by FSH.

Purchase Offer Packets received prior to the submission deadline will be considered as received at 8:30 a.m. on the deadline date. In the event of multiple offers received prior to or concurrently at the deadline, a random-number-generated drawing (the "Lottery") will be conducted to establish a ranking of concurrent buyers. All affected parties will be notified of a lottery drawing. Offers received after the deadline will not be included in the lottery drawing. If no offers have been received by the lottery sale deadline, the listed property will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

Prospective buyers may submit Purchase Offer Packets for multiple lottery sale homes with concurrent offer periods.

Lottery Sales History

AY 2025-2026

SaleTimeframeStatusResidence
10711/5/25 - 11/19/25Open1855 Bay Laurel Drive, Menlo Park
10611/5/25 - 11/19/25Open2150 Dartmouth Street, Palo Alto
10510/8/25 - 10/23/25Closed

2500 Columbia St #208, Palo Alto

10410/8/25 - 10/23/25Closed1635 Amherst Court, Menlo Park
10310/8/25 - 10/23/25Closed2360 Branner Drive, Palo Alto

AY 2024-2025

SaleTimeframeStatusResidence
1028/27/25 - 9/11/25Closed2500 Columbia Street, #402, Palo Alto
1018/27/25 - 9/11/25Closed2500 Columbia Street, #408, Palo Alto
1008/13/25 - 8/28/25Closed1575 California Avenue, Palo Alto
997/9/25 - 7/24/25Closed2338 Branner Drive, Menlo Park
987/9/25 - 7/24/25Closed1890 Oak Knoll Lane, Menlo Park
976/4/25 - 6/19/25Closed2600 Columbia Street, #214, Palo Alto
966/4/25 - 6/19/25Closed2500 Columbia Street, #116, Palo Alto
955/7/25 - 5/22/25Closed2600 Columbia Street, #416, Palo Alto
943/26/25 - 4/10/25Closed2254 Oberlin Street, Palo Alto
932/19/25 - 3/6/25Closed515 Olmsted Road, Stanford, CA
921/29/25 - 2/13/25Closed1283 Laurel Street, Menlo Park, CA
911/8/25 - 1/23/25Closed2540 Bowdoin Street, Palo Alto, CA
901/8/25 - 1/23/25Closed145 Hawthorne Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
8911/6/24Closed1475 Columbia Court, Palo Alto, CA
8811/6/24Closed33 Campbell Lane, Menlo Park, CA
8710/30/24Closed2600 Columbia Street #302, Palo Alto, CA
8610/30/24Closed2500 Columbia Street #305, Palo Alto, CA
8510/30/24Closed2500 Columbia Street #105, Palo Alto, CA
8410/23/24Closed1830 Oak Avenue, Menlo Park, CA

AY 2023-2024

SaleTimeframeResidence
838/28/24 - Closed1665 Amherst Way, Palo Alto
828/28/24 - Closed2500 Columbia Street, Unit 210, Palo Alto
818/28/24 - Closed2600 Columbia Street, Unit 414, Palo Alto
807/10/24 - Closed1894 Oak Knoll Lane, Menlo Park
795/15/24 - Closed712 Dolores Street, Stanford
785/15/24 - Closed614 San Juan Street, Stanford
775/1/24 - Closed634 Constanzo Street, Stanford
765/1/24 - Closed630 Constanzo Street, Stanford
755/1/24 - Closed624 Constanzo Street, Stanford
744/17/24 - Closed351 Olmsted Road, Stanford
734/17/24 - Closed343 Olmsted Road, Stanford
722/28/24 - Closed722 Dolores Street, Stanford
712/28/24 - Closed633 Cabrillo Avenue, Stanford
701/31/24 - Closed435 Olmsted Road, Stanford
691/10/24 - Closed1945 Oak Avenue, Menlo Park
6811/29/23 - Closed2600 Columbia Street #102, Palo Alto
6710/25/23 - Closed2400 Amherst Street, Palo Alto
6610/25/23 - Closed1655 Amherst Way, Palo Alto
6510/11/23 - Closed860 Partridge Avenue, Menlo Park
649/27/23 - Closed2600 Columbia Street, #202, Palo Alto
639/13/23 - Closed2332 Branner Drive, Menlo Park
629/13/23 - Closed2430 Amherst Street, Palo Alto
619/13/23 - Closed2515 Amherst Street, Palo Alto