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 ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Youngstown’s Board of Controls approved $125,000 in an agreement with the Mahoning County Land Bank to provide assistance to people facing heir property issues. The program ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will begin implementation of the Heirs’ Property Relending Program, an initiative spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., in the ...

“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 ...

The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (the Heirs Act) was originally enacted in New York in December 2019 to protect heirs of real property from being forced to sell their property at auction.

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 ...

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 ...

In New York City and across the United States — where housing affordability is tight, legal systems are complex, and historic inequities still linger — owning a home doesn’t guarantee keeping it. For ...

Two rescued from third floor of Seabrook Island house fire early Sunday Two people were rescued from the third floor of a burning building on Seabrook Island Sunday morning.The St. John's Fire ...