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expressed that the reversal of this trend is critical for protection of residential <br />property values throughout the neighborhood. <br />A substantial number of vacant parcels are scattered within the preservation area. <br />New infill housing construction is recommended for the majority of vacant lots, <br />with replatting as required for optimally- sized, developable parcels. New <br />construction and rehabilitation efforts should be aimed at shoring the property <br />values of existing homes in the neighborhood and helping to restore the <br />population density lost in recent years. <br />The NNRO has begun a successful housing rehabilitation and infill construction <br />program targeted to certain blocks within this sub -area, maximizing the impact of <br />the organization's reinvestment. Twelve vacant lots within this area have been <br />purchased to date by the NNRO. Eight of these are concentrated between <br />Turnock Street and St. Peter Street, and will be replatted as six parcels for new <br />construction. Two lots have sold and new homes have been built, and several <br />properties have been acquired for rehabilitation. The NNRO has also purchased <br />four substandard housing units that will be demolished and the sites prepared for <br />new single - family development. In the near term and to its capacity, it is <br />anticipated that the NNRO will continue this revitalization strategy within the <br />sub -area. <br />Within the homeownership preservation sub -area, the University of Notre Dame <br />has instituted a single - family infill construction and rehabilitation program for <br />housing redevelopment along Notre Dame Avenue, from Napoleon Street south to <br />Corby Street. The program is designed to encourage local homeownership among <br />faculty and staff while investing in the long -term stability of the surrounding <br />neighborhood. Four new above - market rate homes have been privately built by <br />faculty members that pattern the massing and elevations of the best examples of <br />traditional area housing. In the near term, the university plans to continue <br />facilitating investment in this area with similar - quality new construction and <br />rehabilitation at a pace of at least two or three homes per year. <br />Sub -area goals: <br />Apply strategic preservation approaches in pockets of disinvestment, <br />including spot code enforcement, zoning enforcement, rehabilitation <br />activity and small public works projects; <br />Facilitate acquisition and replatting of vacant parcels for new infill <br />housing construction; <br />Encourage design standards that confirm the urban setting and relate to the <br />vernacular architectural styles present in the neighborhood; <br />25 <br />