Beatrice Homestead Act 2010

Non-cash / land  · Active

Offer: Free/discounted residential land

Who it's for: homebuyers

Requirements: Modern replacement for original 1862 Homestead Act. One of nation's most well-known free land programs.

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Cost of living in NE →

What it costs to live in NE

Before the incentive, NE itself is 16 of the 48 states we cover on cost of living, counting from the cheapest, with a typical index of 92.5 (US = 100). A typical home runs $310,337 and rent $1,444/mo.

NE levies a state income tax, so weigh the one-off award against the ongoing bill. Effective property tax is around 1.7% of home value.

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How this compares

This is one of 8 non-cash offers we track — programs giving away land or lots rather than writing a cheque. They are harder to value than a cash award because the real cost is what you then have to build, but they can be the largest offers of all if you were planning to build anyway.

Program	Place	Status
Lincoln Free Land Program	Lincoln, KS	Active
Marne Free Land Program	Marne, IA	Active
Claremont Workforce Housing Program	Claremont, MN	Active
Mankato Free Land Program	Mankato, KS	Active
Osborne Free/Low-Cost Land Program	Osborne, KS	Active
Making It in Muskegon	Muskegon, MI	Active

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Other NE programs

Program	Place	Award	Status
Pawnee City Vision 2030	Pawnee City	$50,000	Active