Each Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust focuses on preventing displacement and capturing the benefits of rising property values for neighborhood residents.
Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trusts (MINTs), developed by Trust Neighborhoods, offer a new model to counter displacement and capture neighborhood growth for existing residents. MINTs combine market-rate and affordable rentals, with revenue from higher rents subsidizing lower rents, all under community governance. Early examples in Kansas City, Tulsa, Denver, Fresno, and East Boston show how MINTs stabilize tenants, reclaim properties from absentee landlords, and reinvest profits into affordability. Though challenges remain — like property costs and management capacity — MINTs are emerging as a flexible tool for neighborhoods to build resilience against gentrification.
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