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Southeast Quality of Life <br />Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan <br />corridors exhibit a wide variety of land uses and conditions, some of which are <br />clearly detrimental to the residential neighborhood while some support the <br />neighborhood. Neighborhood stability and revitalization can not succeed <br />without improvements to these corridors, especially the Michigan Street <br />corridor. <br />Internal <br />Causes internal to the neighborhood include impacts of a limited number of <br />industries and businesses which generate undesirable traffic, the lack of <br />neighborhood oriented usable open spaces, the marginal financial resources of <br />residents and property owners, and the instability of individual occupants, <br />family units, landlords, and neighborhood organizations. In addition, a limited <br />number of residents cause substantial harm by dealing in drugs, prostitution, <br />and other anti -social pursuits. These internal factors influence some property <br />owners to move or not to reinvest in property maintenance, and deter other <br />potential residents and investors from moving in. <br />Goals <br />The key housing goals identified by participants in the July 13 workshop were: <br />- A stable, predominately single family neighborhood <br />- Reinvestment in structural soundness and appearance of homes <br />- High percentage of home ownership <br />To achieve these goals requires first a strategy to halt deterioration and stabilize <br />conditions, and second a strategy to revitalize the neighborhood. Specific <br />actions fall into two categories: remediation measures, and preventive <br />measures. <br />Remedial Measures <br />• Sound dwellings to be displaced by high school expansion should be <br />relocated to vacant sites in the neighborhood and sold at an affordable price <br />to qualified owner/occupants. <br />• A first time home buyer program patterned after that which the South Bend <br />Heritage Foundation has initiated in the West Washington neighborhood <br />should be introduced in the Southeast neighborhood. <br />• An extensive property rehabilitation program should be undertaken, <br />incorporating a partnership of property owners, city, churches, and the % <br />South Bend Heritage Foundation, and City financial institutions. <br />9 <br />