Right to Return to Rondo Initiative

Welcome back
to your neighborhood

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.

Mission: Prepare for Home

The Right to Return to Rondo Initiative is a reparative program designed to support eligible homebuyers and their descendants in (re)purchasing a single-family home or duplex in the Rondo area. The program provides additional funding in combination with grants available via the Homebuyer Initiated Program. To qualify for the program, homebuyers must (1) belong to one of three Descendancy categories and (2) be enrolled in Rondo CLT's limited-income Homebuyer Initiated Program (HIP).

Grant amounts may vary based on available funding levels and eligible participants will be selected on a first come first served basis.

Rondo Descendacy Verification

  • Directly Displaced

    Those who owned or rented a home in Rondo and were displaced by the construction of I-94.

  • Direct Descendants

    Those who have a parent, grandparent, etc., that owned or rented a home in Rondo and were displaced by the construction of I-94.

  • Collateral Descendants

    In some instances, applicants may be eligible if it is possible to confirm that they themselves, or their direct ancestor lived in Rondo with a family member other than their parents and were displaced by the construction of I-94. An example of this would be having a parent who lived with and was raised by their aunt in the Rondo neighborhood.

Your Right to Return to Rondo

The Right to Return to Rondo Initiative offers additional investment opportunities to homebuyers who meet the Descendancy verification requirements. However, in order to be considered eligible for this program, applicants must first be successfully enrolled in The Homebuyer Initiated Program (HIP).

If you have questions about the Right to Return to Rondo Initiative, please contact
Justin Gaarder
Special Projects Manager
P: 651-370-7463
E: justin@rondoclt.org