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Permanently Affordable & Sustainable Homeownership, Rentals, and Commercial Opportunities in St. Paul

Your path to real estate ownership starts with us.

Homeownership

Commercial ownership in a land trust is a powerful tool for promoting community economic development and preserving affordability for small businesses. By owning the land, Rondo CLT can ensure that commercial properties remain accessible and affordable for small businesses over the long term. This is helpful in combating rapid gentrification, where small businesses may otherwise struggle to afford increasing rents.

Business + Retail

Commercial ownership in a land trust is a powerful tool for promoting community economic development and preserving affordability for small businesses. By owning the land, Rondo CLT ensures that commercial properties remain accessible and affordable for small businesses over the long term. This is helpful in combating rapid gentrification and rent increases.

Events in Rondo

Join us for events that celebrate community successes and provide educational opportunities. Our block parties, potlucks, homeownership orientations, and community meetings foster a sense of unity and build social capital. Through our gatherings, we aim to educate residents about our land trust model, its benefits, and how to get involved in our collaborative work.

Empower your journey to homeownership with our reparative programming.

The Inheritance Fund

A cornerstone initiative of Mayor Melvin Carter, the Inheritance Fund is an innovative and people-centered program that affords low-income families from Saint Paul’s historic Rondo Neighborhood the opportunity to rebuild wealth through homeownership.

Homebuyer Initiated Program (HIP)

The Homebuyer Initiated Program (HIP) is a homeownership program through which Rondo CLT assists households at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI) purchase and fix up a single-family home (including duplexes) of their choice in St. Paul or Suburban Ramsey County.

Right to Return to Rondo Initiative

The Right to Return to Rondo Initiative is designed to create homeownership opportunities for those displaced by the construction of I-94 or their descendants to repair the economic, social, and cultural harm caused by the destruction of 700+ homes and 300+ businesses in the historic Rondo Neighborhood.

Driving Collaborative Economic Power

Through the creation and management of permanent affordable housing options, rental properties, commercial spaces, and other shared assets, Rondo CLT fosters community equity, wealth, and stability in the neighborhoods it serves.

Events

Keep up-to-date with the conversations happening in the movement

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28 Feb, 2024

How some Twin Cities entrepreneurs sold the businesses they built

The Right to Return to Rondo Initiative is designed to create homeownership opportunities for those displaced by the construction of I-94 or their descendants to repair the economic, social, and cultural harm caused by the destruction of 700+ homes and 300+ businesses in the historic Rondo Neighborhood.

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28 Feb, 2024

Women’s History Spotlight: Robin Hickman-Winfield

It’s easy to believe Robin Hickman-Winfield when she says, “It’s my time.” Right now, you can see her beaming from the cover of Insight News, reflecting on the artistic legacy and current exhibit of her great uncle — and greatest teacher — Gordon Parks. The owner of SoulTouch Productions, she’s working on a film project that’s so exciting she can’t disclose the details and is about to publish her first art book documenting her innovative work with dolls.

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28 Feb, 2024

A Year-end Reflection from Mikeya Griffin

A cornerstone initiative of Mayor Melvin Carter, the Inheritance Fund is an innovative and people-centered program that affords low-income families from Saint Paul’s historic Rondo Neighborhood the opportunity to rebuild wealth through homeownership.

News

Latest developments and news in the Rondo CLT and community led housing movements

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November 29, 2023

How some Twin Cities entrepreneurs sold the businesses they built

The Right to Return to Rondo Initiative is designed to create homeownership opportunities for those displaced by the construction of I-94 or their descendants to repair the economic, social, and cultural harm caused by the destruction of 700+ homes and 300+ businesses in the historic Rondo Neighborhood.

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November 29, 2023

A Powerful Tool for Housing Accessibility Thrives in Minnesota

The Homebuyer Initiated Program (HIP) is a homeownership program through which Rondo CLT assists households at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI) purchase and fix up a single-family home (including duplexes) of their choice in St. Paul or Suburban Ramsey County.

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November 29, 2023

A Year-end Reflection from Mikeya Griffin

A cornerstone initiative of Mayor Melvin Carter, the Inheritance Fund is an innovative and people-centered program that affords low-income families from Saint Paul’s historic Rondo Neighborhood the opportunity to rebuild wealth through homeownership.