The City of Milton is accepting applications for the 2023 Residential Exterior Improvement Program.
Donor Name: City of Milton
State: Wisconsin
City: Milton
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $5,000
Details:
The Common Council has authorized the creation of the Residential Exterior Improvement Program, hereinafter referred to as “program.” The purpose of the program is to encourage the upkeep and appearance of owner-occupied residential homes, as well as mitigate the presence of blighted properties, within the residential districts of the community.
The Common Council has developed the following set of goals regarding the program’s purpose.
- Maintenance and Improvement
- Encourage public and private efforts to maintain and improve the community.
- Promote the attractiveness of Milton as a preferred location to live.
- Encourage maintenance and improvements of existing residences.
- Preserve Neighborhood Stability and Property Values.
- Maintain the City’s neighborhood cohesiveness.
- Maintain the City’s residential appeal and preserve property values by mitigating and/or eliminating blighting influences.
Funding Information
The program provides matching grants up to $5,000 for projects that will help maintain and enhance the overall attractiveness and vitality of residential districts that is consistent with community expectations and neighborhood preservation; as well as removing blighting influences, which can diminish property values in and around the subject residence. The program is intended to provide financial assistance in order to spur individual investment into one’s own home. The grant funds are meant to serve an important yet secondary role to private financing for improvement projects.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to qualify, the property and applicant must meet the following criteria:
- The home must be over 25-years old.
- The home owner must have owned and lived in the home for at least 5-years.
- The assessed value of the home cannot be over 125% of the average assessed home value in the City of Milton, as established by the City Assessor on an annual basis.
Eligible Projects
- Any improvements must be visible from the public right-of-way.
- Repair/replacement of the building’s original materials and decorative details.
- Replace exterior material with modern material (i.e. vinyl siding).
- Cleaning of exterior building surfaces.
- Tuck pointing and masonry repair.
- Painting of exterior building surfaces.
- Repair of entrances, doors, windows, transoms, or other public exterior elements that have fallen into disrepair (broken, damaged, missing, etc.). If repair isn’t possible or cost prohibitive, the Community Development Authority will consider, with final approval from the Common Council, replacement rather than repair of the these items.
- Roof repairs
- Replacement of non-hard surface driveways (gravel, grass, etc.) with hard surface materials (asphalt, concrete, pavers, etc.) or repair of hard surface driveways.
- Removal of tree stumps that are located in the front or side setbacks, or terrace.
- Other construction activities to improve the exterior of a building as approved by the Common Council.
For more information, visit City of Milton.
