Can my husband gift me the house we own together?

My husband left and I am still in the jointly owned home. Do I have to buy him out or sell or can he gift me the house in place of my taking half of his pension in the future? Would we have to pay closing costs?|||This is a question you need to pose to your husband or allow your respective attorneys to negotiate it. No one can answer this question for you really. Anything can be designated a gift. Whether your husband will agree to it is another story.|||everything in a divorce is negotiable.