The Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA) is pleased to continue offering the popular Residential Improvement Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026.
Donor Name: Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA)
State: Michigan
City: Grosse Pointe Park
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
- Grants are awarded on a 1:1 cash match on behalf of the applicant for all eligible expenses. The maximum grant is $5,000 for a project costing $10,000 or more.
- Grant funds are paid at the completion of the project to either the contractor (W9 required for payment) or to the property owner as a reimbursement upon submission of receipts and other required documents.
Eligible Projects
- Front and rear building façade improvements. Façade improvements include porches, overhangs, railings, and stairs. Regular maintenance items such as tuck-pointing are not eligible.
- Side facades to the extent that they are visible to the public eye
- Enhanced front entryways
- Aesthetic improvements (such as awnings)
- Fencing along alleyways or in a street-side yard.
- Structural and cosmetic upgrades to garages
- Pouring expanded concrete parking pads
- Painting only as part of a comprehensive façade improvement project
- Doors and windows if part of a comprehensive façade improvement project.
Ineligible Projects
- Physical or visual removal of architecturally important feature
- Driveway or sidewalk repairs or replacement.
- Installation of vinyl or aluminum siding
- Roofs
- Parking Lots
- Mechanical systems
- Landscaping, particularly plant material. However, the construction or improvement of landscape planting beds or other landscape features that incorporate facade elements is allowed.
- Murals
- Routine general maintenance items that are part of normal property ownership
- Repair of any code violations
- Interior renovation projects.
For more information, visit TIFA.
