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Help with My Home Project
There are many projects you can do yourself although many require permits. This page features some common projects and answers to questions regarding residential projects and the development process.
If you don't find the answer you are looking for here, Planning & Development Staff can help! Contact us
Helpful Links for Common Projects

Plot Plans Help Video!

Phoenix's new permitting system is now LIVE for residential single family projects!
Click here to go to the SHAPE PHX portal for residential projects!
- Customers submitting single-family residential applications, applying for PDD licenses or registrations should now create a new user account.
- Customers that have projects in both Release 1 and future releases will work out of both the old system (PDD Online and ProjectDox) and the SHAPE PHX portal.
- All Residential PV Solar should be submitted to pdd.photovoltaic.residential@phoenix.gov