UL Lafayette: CDW: I-49 Connector: Moving Houses

				I-49 Connector: Housing and Understanding Neighborhoods


				BACK \| NEXT TOPICS introduction public process case studies alignments garden urbanism alt. street links public realm neighborhoods lighting sound study public art conclusion recognition SUB-TOPICS introduction current trends relocation moving homes prototypes transitional micro-sizing implementation	Moving Houses

					The first strategy is to relocate existing houses in the planned path of the new interstate to existing vacant lots in the surrounding neighborhoods. This plan achieves three benefits: maintaining family connection to home, using existing residential stock, and infilling the vacancies of the surrounding neighborhoods. Allowing residents to remain in their existing home on a new site minimizes the impact when compared to moving the resident into a completely new environment. Because the home is often the center of a family, maintaining this connection is especially important for the elderly. It is further recommended that the houses of long-term neighbors be relocated adjacent to each other. The assessment revealed that 54 of the existing houses within the EA-1 corridor could be relocated, with the possibility that an additional 18 might be relocated contingent upon further inspection. The RR-4 alignment contains 36 houses in good condition and 14 additional houses that could possibly be moved. The cost of moving the good stock of the existing houses, combined with making the necessary renovations to bring the houses up to current standards (not including property), provides a very affordable alternative at a potential savings of over 50 percent of the cost of new construction. The City/Parish government has acquired a large number of lots in the area, making its cooperation essential to addressing the housing demand. Relocating the existing stock will accommodate 30 to 40 percent of the required housing
					Neighborhood development: identify vacant lots and infill with relocated houses or new construction

















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