The Exterior Rehabilitation Program promotes the preservation of historic buildings through proper rehabilitation.
Donor Name: City of Phoenix
State: Arizona
City: Phoenix
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The city of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office provides exterior rehabilitation assistance to help residents sensitively rehabilitate historic homes while promoting reinvestment in Phoenix’s historic neighborhoods. The program makes monies available to private property owners to complete exterior rehabilitation, repair or restoration work on historic homes continuing to serve a residential purpose. Owners of historic homes that are either in city-designated historic districts or are individually listed on the city’s historic property register are eligible to apply.
Funding Information
The Exterior Rehabilitation Program will provide 50 percent of project costs up to $20,000 per property for the purchase of a Conservation Easement. The minimum purchase price for a Conservation Easement that the city will consider is $5,000 (i.e., the scope of work must total at least $10,000, with the property owner funding $5,000 and the city funding $5,000). The property owner must agree to utilize the proceeds of the grant to perform exterior rehabilitation on the structure in accordance with the HPO’s design standards.
Eligible Improvements
All work performed must be exterior work, which results in the repair, improvement, reconstruction, maintenance or enhancement of the facades or exterior faces of the subject property. Eligible exterior work may include:
- Roof repairs/replacement
- Foundation repairs
- Structural rehabilitation/reinforcement
- Exterior wall repairs
- Masonry/stucco repairs
- Exterior window and doors repairs
- Porch and step rehabilitation
- Cornice and parapet repairs
- Re-painting (if a part of an eligible repair)
- Historic garage, guest house or carport rehabilitation
- Reversal of previous inappropriate alterations
- Demolition of non-historic additions
- Reconstruction of original architectural elements based on documentation/evidence
- Interior work may be eligible only if necessary to stabilize or structurally support the building’s historic exteriors.
Eligibility for Participation
- Persons, corporations or associations holding fee simple title of any contributing or potentially contributing historic residential property that is listed on the Phoenix Historic Property Register, either individually or within a historic district, are eligible to apply. The property does not need to be owner-occupied. Employees of the city of Phoenix Planning & Development Department and their families are not eligible for Exterior Rehabilitation Program funds.
- To be considered for funding, applicants must own the property to be rehabilitated or provide legal authorization from the owner for the applicant to apply for funding, along with evidence of the owner’s willingness to execute all legal agreements. Applicants may also be asked to provide evidence of demonstrated site control through a lease, signed purchase contract or option to purchase.
For more information, visit City of Phoenix.
