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BY TOMER RONEN & AUBREY VOGEL
Great Homes program expands eligibility More Sugar Land homeowners will be eligible for exterior home improvements reimbursement funding with the expansion of the city’s Great Homes incentive program. What's happening? The program will now allow homes in the bottom 3% of single-family property values to receive up to a 50% reimbursement for exterior repairs—up from the previous 10% and 25% of project costs, city officials announced in a Dec. 3 news release. Launched in February 2023, the program offers reimbursement for home improvement projects such as painting, siding, roofing, driveways, landscaping, windows and door replacements, per the release. Only eight homes in the bottom 3% of single-family property values have used the program since its launch. In addition to the reimbursement increase, the
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300+ home improvement projects completed Over $5.3 million invested More than $790,000 reimbursed to homeowners $2,613 average reimbursement per homeowner
1 Sugar Land and Fort Bend County team up for Duhacsek Park agreement The $9.2M agreement will transfer all operations and development responsibilities to the county, ahead of upcoming renovations including amenities additions and tree preservations. 2 Sienna Management District to bring $540K annually The annexation expands Missouri City’s boundaries, putting officials in charge of law enforcement, firefighting and animal services.
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program will also see several changes, including: • Minimum project decreased from $4,000 to $500 • Exceptions may be made for homeowner insur- ance requirements • Eligibility expanded to include heir owners Going forward Great Homes applications opened online Jan. 1 with an expected 25 additional participants in the first year, per the release. The fiscal year 2025-26 budget includes $200,000 for the program.
3 2 judges appointed to new Fort Bend County district courts
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Richard “Rick” Bell of Richmond and Mark Hanna of Sugar Land for the 501st and 502nd Judicial Courts, respectively.
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