These home maintenance programs offer benefits for remodeling your home, switching to energy-efficient upgrades, and bringing your home up to code and compliance. These improvements help the overall sustainability of Prairie Village's neighborhoods. For questions, please call 913-385-4604 or email permits@pvkansas.com.

Community Revitalization Program

The Prairie Village Foundation and Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City have partnered to bring neighborhood revitalization to the City of Prairie Village through minor exterior home repairs. Projects include weatherization, painting, landscaping, wheelchair ramp installation, etc. Labor is completed by volunteers and homeowners. As a result, individuals and families remain in their homes longer, avoid code violations, and realize energy cost savings and increased home values. Please complete a request for repairs here.

HOME Program - County Assistance Program - Johnson County Human Services

This program's goals are to address health and safety concerns, accessibility for persons with disabilities, weatherization, and correcting lead-based paint. Inspections include walls, floors, roof, foundation, plumbing, sewer, electrical, furnace, water heater, doors, windows, and guardrails. Home conditions will also be inspected to get the home close to the most current building codes.

This program provides a deferred payment loan at 0% interest, and is forgiven 10% per year for 10 years, after which the loan is completely forgiven. 

Efficiency Kansas - Kansas Energy Office
Efficiency Kansas is a low-cost program helping Kansans make energy-efficient improvements to their homes, rental units or small businesses. It is designed to help residents reduce their energy costs. To learn more about this program, please click on the link above. The program is currently pending federal funding. 

Exterior Grant for Trash Can Screening

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Funds are available for qualified residents to build trash can screens.  For questions, please call 913-385-4604 or email permits@pvkansas.com.

The City will reimburse trash container screening projects at 50% of the construction, costs up to $100 maximum reimbursement.

• The appraised value of the home must be $450,000 or less for 2025 and must be located in Prairie Village.
•  The home must be zoned R-1A, R-1B, or R-2.
• The improvements must be in conformance with the Prairie Village Municipal Code.
•  In order to qualify the property must be owner-occupied.
•  Property owners must be current on all property taxes in Prairie Village and property free of code violations.

Residential Exterior Grant Program

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This grant is provided by Prairie Village through the City's Economic Development Fund to encourage homeowners to invest in their properties by making attractive improvements on building exteriors.

• The City will provide a 25% match for exterior improvements that enhance front curb appeal for one- and two-family dwellings with a minimum $2,000 investment by the property owner. Reimbursement amounts from the City will be a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $3,500.
•  Eligible homes can be located anywhere within City boundaries and must have a Johnson County appraised value of $450,000 or less for 2025.
• The Residential Exterior Grant can be used in conjunction with the Sustainability Grant (but one project cannot be funded by both programs).
• There is a limit of one grant per property every ten years.

Residential Sustainability Grant Program

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The purpose of the Residential Sustainability Grant program is to encourage residents to reduce their carbon footprint by improving the energy efficiency of their homes. 

• The City will provide a 25% match for energy efficiency improvements for one- and two-family dwellings with a minimum $2,000 investment by the property owner or a 50% match with a minimum $1,000 for an insulation-only project
•  Reimbursement amounts from the City will be a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $3,500.
• Energy-saving improvements must meet the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code and/or the attached project specifications, whichever results in the greatest energy efficiency. 
•  The residential sustainability grant can be used in conjunction with the Exterior Grant (but one project cannot be funded by both programs).
•  In order to qualify, the property must be owner-occupied.
• There is a limit of one grant per property every ten years.