$500 ROOTS Landscaping Incentive Program

Guidelines:

• $500 landscaping cash award - exclusively for City-owned properties sold to owner occupants
   
• Priority should be given to the front yard
   
• Landscaping includes flowers, sod, grass seed, bushes, fencing, miscellaneous or purchase of lawn care tools including lawnmowers, snowblowers, trimmers, tillers, shovels, rakes, etc.
   
• Six-month maximum timeframe from the date of closing to completion
   
• After six-month maximum timeframe, incentive is forfeited
   
• Your real estate agent completes the City of Milwaukee - Offer to Purchase and must check the box under Section 8 to participate in this program. Note that requests to participate in the program after the sale closes are not accepted.
   

Refund Process:

• Complete the landscaping
   
• Submit store receipts for purchases or contractor's paid receipt
   
• Site inspection and approval of refund by Department of City Development personnel
   
• Refund to be mailed within six weeks