Heirs’ Property: Policies to Preserve Wealth

Ownership of land and other forms of real property are primary building blocks of wealth for current and future generations. Yet, for hundreds of thousands of people, particularly Black, Latino, Indigenous, and low wealth people who inherited their land and homes from family members, these assets—called heirs’ properties—are at risk.

Mitigating that risk requires not only direct service but also a supportive state and local policy environment that facilitates families’ ability to prevent heirs property, retain existing property, and resolve title issues on such property.

Asset funders have an important and time sensitive role in supporting education, advocacy, and research related to the passage, implementation, and impact assessment of these critical policies. As grantmakers work to help families and communities build wealth and to dismantle systemic barriers that create and sustain racial wealth gaps in our nation, securing and preserving the property rights of heirs’ property owners requires ongoing focused attention.

Join us on October 3, 2024, at 1p ET to learn about AFN’s new brief, Heirs Property: Policies to Preserve Wealth. Designed with funders in mind and building on the 2023 AFN primer, Heirs Property: Acting to Preserve Wealth, this webinar is open to all audiences. Participants will:
* Explore the various state policies that can benefit families with heirs’ properties;
* Learn about philanthropic investment strategies for education and advocacy; and
* Discuss what is needed to ensure policy implementation and understand policy impact.

We welcome your input for shaping this conversation. Please submit your questions in advance when you register. Please register by September 25, 2024.

Speakers
Sarah Bolling Mancini, National Consumer Law Center
Yareqzy Munoz, JPMorganChase
Brianna Jackson, Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation
Michael Froehlich, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

Accessibility Statement
Captioning will be provided. If you have any other accessibility requests or questions, please email Nikki Armstead at nikki@assetfunders.org. Requests for reasonable accommodations must be received by September 30, 2024, to ensure our ability to meet your request.