You need to review publication 523, especially starting on page 6.
https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-523
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Firstly, you don't qualify for the safe harbor, since your commute is less than 50 miles. The safe harbor is a set of situations that, if you fit them, the IRS won't question the exclusion. There is also a "facts and circumstances" rule that does not require you to fit any particular set of conditions. You just have to show by facts and circumstances that your changed situation was unforeseeable when you bought the home, and created a burden in keeping the home. You don't send proof when you file, but keep the proof of your circumstances for at least 3 years in case of audit.
But more importantly, there are some rules you can get around that way but some rules you can't. What we need to know is when did you buy the home, when did you stop using it as your main home and when did you sell it.
The general rule is that you must own the home at least 2 years and live in the home as your main home for at least 2 of the past 5 years before the sale. In other words, you must sell the home within 3 years of moving out. The hardship rule can help you if you stop using the home as your main home in less than 2 years, but it doesn't help you if you wait more than 3 years to sell after moving out.
For example, suppose you bought the home June 1, 2019. You moved out June 1, 2020 and rented it, and you sold it August 30, 2022. You could claim a partial exclusion since you moved out for a hardship and sold the condo less than 3 years after moving out. But if you bought June 1, 2017, moved out June 1, 2018, and sold in August 2022, then you waited too long after moving out to use the partial exclusion, even if you moved out due to a hardship.
The exclusion for hardship is partial. The normal exclusion is $500,000 for spouses who file jointly. If you lived in the home as your main home for 10 months, the partial exclusion would be 10/24=41.7% x $500,000 = $208,333. Any gain over that is taxable.
And remember also, you must deal with the rental situation, and that includes paying depreciation recapture on any part of the gain that comes from depreciation you claimed or could have claimed while the condo was a rental. That part of the gain is not subject to any exclusions.
