Purpose
The purpose and intent of Great Homes is to empower Sugar Land's residents and communities to participate with the City in preserving, protecting, and enhancing Sugar Land's single-family housing and neighborhood areas.
Programs
Under Great Homes, the City offers incentive programs for homeowners with a property located in the city limits:
The Great Homes Design Program provides Sugar Land homeowners and homeowner associations (HOAs) with a creative, re-envisioned exterior home design at a Sugar Land-exclusive cost. An incentive is also available for homeowners who substantially implement part of the design received through this program.
The Great Homes Update Program is a reimbursement incentive program to encourage the rehabilitation and refurbishment of the exterior of a single-family residential property. Applications to the Great Homes Update Program reopened on February 1, 2024. The Great Homes Design Program is also currently open for new applications; home design recipients can receive an additional 2% reimbursement incentive through the Update Program.
Impact
Joel's Great Homes Story:
In Fiscal Year 2023, the following was accomplished:
166 ongoing or completed home improvement projects, totaling approximately $2.7 million in total project costs
The most common project types included painting, siding, windows, driveway, and fence projects
The average project cost was approximately $16K
Over 70 home design vouchers were distributed
If you have any questions about the program, then please read the 2024 Applicant Guide first. For additional questions, please email greathomes@sugarlandtx.gov or call 713-702-0573. In-person consultations are available during working hours on Tuesday through Thursday and can be requested via email.