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SF real estate
fromwww.theguardian.com
22 hours ago

Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations

South Carolina’s Heirs’ Property Tax Relief Act blocks county reassessments when heirs clear titles or resolve ownership disputes, helping families keep inherited land.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out

On Arthur Champen's half-acre property in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, a thicket of southern live oaks, palmettos and pine trees muffle the roar of cars on nearby highway 278. His haint blue house, lightened by the sun, sits on stilts to protect it from flooding that comes with the high tide. During the spring, it is common for the marshland adjacent to his land to turn into a muddy soup. Other than the cars, Champen, 81, said, you hear how peaceful it is?
Boston real estate
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
6 months ago

A rising threat to homeownership: How heirs' property undermines affordable housing

Heirs' property legal gaps enable forced sales that strip Black families of homes and generational wealth through unclear ownership documentation and partition sales.
Social justice
fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
6 months ago

Defending Black Land in the South: A Conversation Between Steve Dubb and Jennie Stephens - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Heirs' property and fractionated ownership created vulnerabilities and practical challenges for Black families who acquired land as wealth and homesteads after emancipation.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
6 months ago

David Townsend sets bold agenda as new ALTA president

NTRAPS bans, heirs' property title clearance, zoning and permitting reforms, and stronger wire-fraud identity verification are needed to expand housing supply and protect consumers.
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