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 ...

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Center announced on April 6. The grant money, dispersed over the next two years, will support ...

North Carolina landowners are one step closer to joining residents of five other Southeastern states that have enacted legal protections for owners of family property passed down for generations.

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the 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 ...

A mechanism set in place by Charleston County meant to protect historic Black neighborhoods from developers seeking to build subdivisions nearby also is preventing owners of heirs’ property from ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Sen. Tim Scott's office says a reform he pushed forward with Sen. Jon Ossoff has helped tens of thousands of Black homeowners get the help they need from FEMA after natural ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Dorchester County is investing $20,000 in a fund that they believe will help more than 100 county families get their heirs’ property paperwork in order. Heirs’ ...