Willo Neighborhood Association

City of Phoenix Historic Rehab Grants Available

Jun 18, 2000

The City of Phoenix's exterior rehabilitation/conservation easement purchase program was created to encourage the rehab of historic buildings and neighborhoods. The program offers to purchase an easement on your property for 20 years. The purchase price will be between $2,000 and $10,000 which is provided for matching funds to repair, improve, reconstruct, maintain, or enhance the EXTERIOR of your home.

Eligible improvements include: exterior walls, roofs, windows, doors, siding surface treatment, carports, trim, decorative elements, masonry repainting, porches and steps, historic out-buildings, cornices, and reversal of inappropriate alterations.

Non-eligible improvements include: additions to buildings and new construction, landscaping, and fencing. Painting is not included unless the painting is a component of an eligible repair.

For complete details and a copy of the historic inventory sheet concerning your house, contact the City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office at 602-261-8699; 200 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, or the Ellis-Shackelford House, 1242 N. Central Ave.

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