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National Resources on Heirship

The resources below include national sourced Heirs’ Property materials.

 

LISC Jacksonville: Heirs’ Property

The LISC Jacksonville: Heirs’ Property website provides visitors with basic heirs’ education, tools, and resources including an Heirs’ Rights Toolkit (linked below). The toolkit includes tools for speakers, heirs’ property handouts, and many heirs’ property resources!

 

Richmond Heirs Property Network (Program of LISC of Virgina)

The Richmond Heirs’ Property Network is a new, no-cost program serving the Richmond – Petersburg region in Virgina to help community members get clear title to their homes. The network is a free, charitable network of legal providers aimed at helping those who qualify earn the full, legal rights of homeownership.

 

Philadelphia VIP – Tangled Title Fund

The Tangled Title Fund (TTF) is a grant program to help preserve affordable housing, prevent homelessness, and strengthen communities.  These grants are awarded to low-income people seeking a clear legal title to their homes. Grants help to cover administrative, legal, and other costs that may arise in resolving a homeownership issue. The primary funder of this grant program is the City of Philadelphia through its Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).

 

Georgia Heirs’ Property Law Center

Georgia Heirs Property Law Center offers legal support for families, individuals, nonprofits and municipalities. Title-clearing services include title abstracts, family meetings, probate, quiet title actions, and legal tools like management agreements; powers of attorneys; consolidation of title into single ownership, LLC, or trust. GHPLC develops estate plans and prepares last wills and testaments for individuals to foster generational wealth transfer and prevent land loss. Services may include advanced directive for healthcare, financial power of attorney, and establishing a trust or LLC. In addition, the Center provides educational materials for nonprofits through its Estate Planning Forms Project. provides financial education on home and land ownership to grow assets for the next generation. The Center engages nonprofit and governmental partners to help clients develop land/timber management plans, qualify for USDA programs, and access home repair, Disaster Recovery and Resilience programs.

 

The Center for Heirs’ Property

The Center for Heirs’ Property provides free legal support and financial education to help you save, protect, and grow the value of your family’s most precious asset — the roof over your head and the land under your feet. We are committed to preventing the loss of heirs’ property rights while preserving your family legacy. Rooted in South Carolina, we envision a nation in which everyone can enjoy the legacy of home. The center is hosting an Estate Planning, Probate, Heir’ Property and Sustainable Forestry Seminar on 1/16/26 in Charleston, SC.

 

Heirs’ Property Practitioner Network (HPPN)

A community of dedicated attorneys working to support heirs’ property owners in navigating the complexities of generational real estate ownership. There is state fact sheets on the website aimed to prevent the loss of land owned as heirs’ property in specific states (Indiana is not one of them, however, these could be used as examples to create factsheets for Indiana).

 

Fannie Mae – Duty to Serve: Addressing heirs’ property

Fannie Mae states that are some mortgage finance opportunities available to assist heirs’ property owners today. While funds from a cash-out refinance can be used for any purpose, a limited cash-out refinance (LCOR) is another option available to borrowers, depending on their circumstances. We’ve identified three common challenges that can also be addressed through an LCOR.

  • Click here to view Fannie Mae Heirs Rights Research.
  • Click here to view Fannie Mae’s resources to support heirs’ property owners.

 

Freddie Mac – My Home

Freddie Mac’s My Home webpage offers education on how heirs’ properties are created, heirs’ responsibilities, and how to avoid heirs’ property by planning for the future. Click here to learn more about Feddie Mac’s advice on the importance of estate planning including, what is an estate plan, why they are needed, and how to start the estate planning process.

 

The Case of Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota: Property Tax Foreclosure 

Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case about government seizure of property for unpaid taxes, when the value of the property seized is greater than the tax debt. In summary, Tyler v. Hennepin County highlights the importance of the Takings Clause in protecting property owners from unjust government actions regarding tax foreclosure and surplus retention. The case sets a precedent for future property tax disputes and reinforces the need for fair treatment of property owners in foreclosure situations. Click here to view Tyler v. Hennepin County’s Wikipedia page.

 

Boston College’s Initiative on Land, Housing, and Property Rights

The Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights (ILHPR) seeks to preserve and expand property rights for disadvantaged communities across the United States by producing research, devising legal reform and policy solutions, engaging in community outreach, training law students, and drawing on other complementary strategies. The Initiative encompasses a wide range of matters, including but not limited to rural land loss among socially and economically disadvantaged families; the past and present of the destabilization of urban neighborhoods due to redlining, urban renewal, rising markets, and the issues rural and urban so-called heirs’ property owners face in retaining their properties and realizing the potential of their ownership. Click here to view “Reimagining Property Rights” article from ILHPR.

 

Asset Funders Network’s Heirs’ Property: Policies to Preserve Wealth

The Asset Funders Network (AFN) completed research into the state and local policies that impact heirs’ property. The research report highlights the legal inventions available at state and local levels to make full use of their heirs’ property and protect their legacy. Few states have these provisions and protections in place thus advocacy to adoption these from stakeholders, community leaders, and informants is needed. These types of inventions can ensure fair and equal protections for heirs’ property owners. Click here to view AFN’s Heirs’ Property: Policies to Preserve Wealth Report.

  1. Heirs’ Property Presentation Slides
  2. AFN Heirs’ Property Briefs

 

The Uniform Law Commission –  Uniform Partition of Heirs’ Property Act

The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), also known as National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), now in its 119th year, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.