As wealth inequality remains stark, fueled in part by racial differences in homeownership rates, attention is increasingly turning to a lesser-known area of property ownership - heirs' property. Heirs ...

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Center announced on April 6. The grant money, dispersed over the next two years, will support ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look atthe issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...

A mechanism set in place by Charleston County meant to protect historic Black neighborhoods from developers seeking to build subdivisions nearby also is preventing owners of heirs’ property from ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Dorchester County is investing $20,000 in a fund that they believe will help more than 100 county families get their heirs’ property paperwork in order. Heirs’ ...

For people inheriting properties from their family members, the transfer of a home or a piece of land represents an opportunity to provide housing stability and preserve generational wealth. But not ...

The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (the Heirs Act) was originally enacted in New York in December 2019 to protect heirs of real property from being forced to sell their property at auction.

Homeownership is the single greatest contributor to household wealth for American families. From 2010 to 2020, the value of owner-occupied housing in 917 metropolitan or micropolitan metro areas ...

With as much as one-third of land in some counties tied up in heirs' property, CHP expands its proven model to strengthen ownership and economic opportunity. Heirs' property—land passed down through ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...