Status and history
Acts 106 and 107 of 2023 took effect February 13, 2024. Changes expanded environmental-hazard measures and revised new-construction/savings requirements. A local program report may also need updating; Ingham County's page explicitly describes that local process after state amendment. Statutory history, Ingham County.
Responsible organization and local availability
Lean & Green Michigan (LAGM) is a third-party administrator for member local governments; the local jurisdiction approves the assessment. It is not a statewide grant agency. Contact: info@leanandgreenmi.com; 313-444-1474. Current program guidance is its 2025 manual. LAGM FAQ, 2025 manual.
Oakland County's current page reports LAGM operates 63 local programs covering 85% of Michigan's population. Treat this as an undated page statistic checked October 28, 2026, not a frozen exhaustive membership list. Confirm the particular city/county and applicable program report. Oakland County.
Eligibility, consent, lien and process
Commercial, industrial, agricultural, multifamily and nonprofit property can qualify. Government and single-family property are excluded from the cited local guidance. Measures include energy/water efficiency, renewables and environmental-hazard mitigation; retrofit, adaptive reuse, new construction and qualifying refinancing are possible. Oakland describes a three-year refinancing lookback. Oakland County.
The law requires written mortgage-holder consent, a voluntary owner contract, nondelinquent property obligations and an assessment term no longer than project useful life. The assessment is a property lien; its continuing property-based obligation must be addressed during sale/refinancing. Michigan Act, §§9–13.
Practical sequence: eligibility/local participation → contractor and audit/modeling → capital-provider underwriting and mortgage consent → special-assessment documentation → local approval and recording → funding → installation and performance reporting. Do not repeat old FAQ claims that every project over $250,000 must meet an unwaivable savings guarantee: the 2025 manual allows owner waiver, and newer construction follows its separate code-based standard. FAQ, 2025 manual.
Documented project
| Project / place | Date evidenced | Type / C-PACE amount | Status supported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange, Detroit Greektown; Wayne County district | December 2020 administrator case study | 16-story commercial/multifamily new construction; $13 million financed; Greenworks Lending | Case study reports amount financed, HVAC/roof/windows/low-flow fixtures and planned future completion. It does not establish actual construction completion or measured savings. LAGM case study |
Local applicability, resilience and permits
Local adoption: Ingham County's post-amendment program-report process demonstrates why the 2024 state expansion must be checked against the locally adopted report. LAGM describes qualifying environmental-hazard categories including contaminated drinking water, flood/drought mitigation, severe-weather resilience and lead-paint mitigation. New construction must exceed Michigan's energy code under the revised program framework. Do not infer every hazard-exposed property or every hardening measure qualifies. Ingham County report process, LAGM categories.
Detroit example: BSEED requires trade permits for new work, alterations and changes to mechanical, plumbing, electrical, elevator and boiler systems. Michigan LARA instructs applicants to identify the proper state/county/local enforcing agency before mechanical work; a C-PACE approval is not that permit. Confirm occupancy, code version, local report, hazard-specific engineering and permit scope. Detroit trade permits, LARA jurisdiction/permit guidance.
VERADUCT next steps and exact gaps
- Confirm a prospect's member jurisdiction and locally adopted post-2024 report before qualifying its measures.
- Apply the dated manual rather than mixing legacy FAQ language with revised law.
- Obtain current closed-project export, project-specific consent/assessment instruments, construction completion and measured-performance evidence before expanding case-study claims.
- No project interest-rate offer, guaranteed return or grant entitlement is asserted.
Additional verification limits
Items requiring further confirmation: Local post-amendment adoption; manual versus legacy FAQ; actual completion/performance.
Continue your project research
Compare the national C-PACE financing structure; Organize state and local project requirements; Prepare a commercial-building improvement scope. This page provides guidance only; it does not accept an application or submit information to a provider.
References
- www.legislature.mi.gov (n.d.) Michigan compiled law. Available at: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28lgvw2x55gzefle55x5js1c45%29%29/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-chap460.pdf (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- www.energy.gov (n.d.) DOE study, February 2024. Available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/scep-cpace_feb2024.pdf (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- docs.ingham.org (n.d.) Ingham County. Available at: https://docs.ingham.org/departments_and_officials/treasurer/pace_program.php (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- www.leanandgreenmi.com (n.d.) LAGM FAQ. Available at: https://www.leanandgreenmi.com/faq/ (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- leanandgreenmi.com (n.d.) 2025 manual. Available at: https://leanandgreenmi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lean-Green-Michigan-Program-Manual-2025.pdf (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Indexed PDF content reviewed; later direct fetch returned 404.
- www.oaklandcountymi.gov (n.d.) Oakland County. Available at: https://www.oaklandcountymi.gov/business/business-development/pace-financing (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- www.leanandgreenmi.com (n.d.) LAGM case study. Available at: https://www.leanandgreenmi.com/casestudy/exchange-2/ (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- detroitmi.gov (n.d.) Detroit trade permits. Available at: https://detroitmi.gov/departments/buildings-safety-engineering-and-environmental-department-bseed/trade-permits (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
- www.michigan.gov (n.d.) LARA jurisdiction/permit guidance. Available at: https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bcc/sections/permit-section/permits/mechanical-permit-information (Accessed: 2026-10-28 UTC). Transferred source review; current parcel, transaction and outcome limits are stated in the guide. Not a new integrator retrieval.
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