House Transportation and Infrastructure panel backs full funding for GSA headquarters renovation after parts deemed uninhabitable

The General Services Administration said on June 8, 2026 that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved full financial support for a renovation of GSA’s headquarters at 1800 F Street NW, a project the agency said will restore parts of the building previously deemed unsafe for occupancy. GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst said the committee’s approval will enable GSA to accelerate the design and construction phases for the headquarters overhaul.

In a statement announcing the approval, GSA said the committee’s final budget authorization “unlocks” the headquarters renovation’s budget and is intended to move the project forward, including work needed to modernize the building and prepare space for full occupancy. GSA also said the renovation is aimed at reactivating the headquarters as a “federal campus” and called it a milestone toward restoring the building’s long-term viability.

GSA’s description of the renovation’s urgency builds on prior testimony by Forst to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s subcommittee on March 4, 2026. In that testimony, Forst said approximately 40% of the 1800 F Street facility had been deemed uninhabitable. He attributed the condition to longstanding delinquent maintenance and said the agency has had to lease additional space rather than place employees in the affected parts of the building.

According to a GSA prospectus for the project, the FY 2026 committee approval and appropriations requested for the final phase of infrastructure modernization for 1800 F Street was $239,000,000, covering design, construction, and management and inspection. The prospectus describes the work as the final phase of modernization supporting the building’s Wings 0 and 3, which it said remained unmodernized and unoccupied because of deteriorated conditions. The prospectus lists the estimated total project cost at $239,000,000, with a design and construction schedule spanning FY 2026 through FY 2031.

GSA said it will temporarily relocate during the renovation. In a separate April 20, 2026 GSA announcement, the agency said it would move its headquarters operations beginning in July to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, where it would co-locate with the Office of Personnel Management. That earlier announcement said the reoccupied headquarters at 1800 F Street is scheduled to open in December 2028, with both agencies expected to move into the redesigned space then.

In addition to enabling the move back to 1800 F Street, GSA said the project is tied to a broader effort to reduce underutilized space in the federal portfolio. After the headquarters renovation is completed and agencies move in, GSA said it would proceed with accelerated disposition of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building. The June 8 announcement did not specify a House resolution number, but described the committee’s approval as authorizing full funding for the headquarters renovation’s design and construction.