The HGTV Dream Home is the American cable network Home & Garden Television (HGTV)'s annual project house and sweepstakes, held since 1997. The sweepstakes commences with a January 1 television special showcasing the fully furnished, custom-built home valued in excess of one million dollars; viewers are invited to enter online. The 2012 contest drew over 81 million entries. Starting with the 2004 Dream Home in St. Marys, Georgia, public tours have been offered, with some of the ticket proceeds going to local charitable groups. The 2012 proceeds went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah. Most of the Dream Home winners have sold their prizes, largely because of the accompanying property tax bills, and as of 2006, only two winners had lived in their houses. 2005 winner Don Cruz initially planned to keep the house, located on Lake Tyler, after having his plan to rent out the dockhouse and master bedroom suite on a nightly basis rejected by Tyler, Texas's city government; however, he decided to sell after receiving tax forms showing the house had a higher value than he originally thought. Dream Home locations 1997 - Jackson, Wyoming 1998 - Beaufort, South Carolina 1999 - Rosemary Beach, Florida 2000 - Nehalem, Oregon 2001 - Camden, Maine 2002 - Sherwood, Maryland 2003 - Mexico Beach, Florida 2004 - St. Marys, Georgia 2005 - Tyler, Texas 2006 - Lake Lure, North Carolina 2007 - Winter Park, Colorado 2008 - Islamorada, Florida 2009 - Sonoma, California 2010 - Sandia Park, New Mexico 2011 - Stowe, Vermont 2012 - Midway, Utah 2013 - Kiawah Island, South Carolina 2014 - Truckee, California 2015 - Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts 2016 - Merritt Island, Florida 2017 - St. Simons, Georgia 2018 - Gig Harbor, Washington 2019 - Whitefish, Montana 2020 - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 2021 - Portsmouth, Rhode Island 2022 - Warren, Vermont 2023 - Morrison, Colorado Source: References External links Home & Garden Television Subzero.com: Kitchen Galleries of Past HGTV Dream Homes Previous Winners of the HGTV Dream Home Dream Home Central See also Home to Win (HGTV Canada) Home Free (2015 TV series) (Fox TV USA) HGTV original programming Housing in the United States 1997 establishments in the United States