Prospective Social Return on Investment (SROI) for urban residential properties in Texas
This report applies the national heirs’ property Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework to Texas, using statewide housing and legal cost assumptions to estimate the prospective value of resolving residential heirs’ property cases. The analysis indicates consistently positive returns across outcome categories, with the largest value generated through avoided foreclosure and lost revenues from prevented sale of the asset.
This analysis estimates that every dollar invested in heirs’ property interventions could yield between $4 and $67 in societal benefits. For individual families, the potential financial benefits range from $19,000 to $506,000, depending on the family’s financial goals and the outcomes of its case.
Taken together, the results suggest positive returns across all outcomes, with SROIs reflecting underlying variation in local housing market conditions, foreclosure risk, and household financial dynamics across the state.
