The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was established as part of President Donald Trump’s second administration to cut government spending. Its many targets include brick-and-mortar Social Security Administration (SSA) offices.
DOGE has posted to its website a list of hundreds of federal real estate leases it aims to cancel, 47 of which are SSA branches.
The Associated Press (AP) recently obtained an internal planning document from the General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate, that includes the dates on which some of those leases are expected to end. The AP also searched publicly available data to find additional information on these leases.
The publication identified 26 SSA offices that will close in 2025.
This news comes just after the SSA implemented stronger identity verification practices. Beneficiaries must now verify their identity in person before they can change their direct deposit information or claim benefits. Closing SSA locations will make it more difficult for beneficiaries in certain areas to do that.
The AP reports, “A Social Security Administration spokesperson downplayed the impact of its offices losing leases, saying many were ‘small remote hearing sites,’ did not serve the public, were already being consolidated elsewhere or planned for closure.”
Money Talks News combined the AP’s data with that on DOGE’s website to provide a fuller picture of the offices that are shuttering.
The square footage and lease costs detailed below are per DOGE. It’s worth noting, however, that other publications, like Politico and The New York Times, have previously reported discrepancies in other numbers reported by DOGE.
Alabama
634 Broad St., Gadsden
- Office size: 1,450 square feet
- Lease cost: $32,357 per year
- When the location will close: Sept. 30
Arkansas
965 Holiday Drive, Forrest City
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: April 25
4083 Jefferson Ave., Texarkana
- Office size: 1,436 square feet
- Lease cost: $25,643
- When the location will close: May 25
Colorado
825 N. Crest Drive, Grand Junction
- Office size: 1,444 square feet
- Lease cost: $22,360 per year
- When the location will close: June 21
Florida
4740 Dairy Road, Melbourne
- Office size: 1,415 square feet
- Lease cost: $59,697 per year
- When the location will close: May 16
Georgia
1338 Broadway, Columbus
- Office size: 1,632 square feet
- Lease cost: $51,023 per year
- When the location will close: Sept. 30
Kentucky
825 High St., Hazard
- Office size: 1,652 square feet
- Lease cost: $38,031 per year
- When the location will close: April 24
Louisiana
178 Civic Center Drive, Houma
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: April 25
Mississippi
4717 26th St., Meridian
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 1
604 Yalobusha St., Greenwood
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 1
2383 Sunset Drive, Grenada
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: May 1
Montana
3701 American Way, Missoula
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 21
North Carolina
730 Roanoke Ave., Roanoke Rapids
- Office size: 982 square feet
- Lease cost: $24,000 per year
- When the location will close: Aug. 1
2123 Lakeside Drive, Franklin
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 23
2805 Charles Blvd., Greenville
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 24
1865 W. City Drive, Elizabeth City
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 24
North Dakota
1414 20th Ave. SW, Minot
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 21
Nevada
701 Bridger Ave., Las Vegas
- Office size: 1,895 square feet
- Lease cost: $65,406 per year
- When the location will close: June 1
New York
75 S. Broadway, White Plains
- Office size: 16,632 square feet
- Lease cost: $511,908 per year
- When the location will close: May 31
332 Main St., Poughkeepsie
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: July 31
Ohio
30 N. Diamond St., Mansfield
- Office size: 1,047 square feet
- Lease cost: $15,031 per year
- When the location will close: May 17
Oklahoma
1610 SW Lee Blvd., Lawton
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: April 25
Texas
1122 N. University Drive, Nacogdoches
- Office size: 1,717 square feet
- Lease cost: $43,207 per year
- When the location will close: May 7
8208 NE Zac Lentz Parkway, Victoria
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: May 25
West Virginia
1103 George Kostas Drive, Logan
- Office size: 7,852 square feet
- Lease cost: $196,028 per year
- When the location will close: April 30
Wyoming
79 Winston Drive, Rock Springs
- Office size: NA
- Lease cost: NA
- When the location will close: June 20
Other Social Security offices in danger
There were about a dozen Social Security Administration leases listed on DOGE’s website that were not on the internal planning document obtained by the AP. So, fewer details are available on these locations — street addresses and closure dates are unavailable, for example. But it’s clear that DOGE intends to cancel the leases for these SSA locations at some point:
- Carlsbad, California — office is 3,579 square feet, lease cost is $116,449 per year
- Batesville, Arkansas — 1,934 square feet, $29,010 per year
- Columbus, Ohio — 3,999 square feet, $81,059 per year
- Okemos, Michigan — 4,276 square feet, $108,966 per year
- Green Bay, Wisconsin — 976 square feet, $26,229 per year
- Rockford, Illinois — 1,743 square feet, $36,768 per year
- Horseheads, New York — 11,400 square feet, $311,690 per year
- Anniston, Alabama — 12,926 square feet, $304,228 per year
- Abilene, Texas — 1,342 square feet, $26,261 per year
- Jonesboro, Arkansas — 2,340 square feet, $64,998 per year
- Nashville, Tennessee — 4,133 square feet, $142,577 per year
- Wausau, Wisconsin — 1,851 square feet, $34,211 per year
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