The National Center on Law & Elder Rights is hosting a free webinar entitled Heirs Property: Legal Strategies to Keep Older Adults in the Family Home on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern.

Many low-income older adults reside in a home they inherited when a family member died. When a property is owned by multiple heirs, or any heir who has not yet filed legal documents to have their name reflected as the record owner, this is referred to as heirs property.

Heirs property issues disproportionately impact older adults, as well as communities of color due to gaps in estate planning access. These communities face significant challenges to stable housing as a result.

Heirs property ownership creates a number of risks and challenges. In this webinar we will discuss how heirs property arises, describe the scope of the problem, and walk through legal strategies to help clients untangle or resolve heirs property, to prevent it from occurring, and above all, to prevent the loss of a family home.

Participants in this training will learn:

1. The concept of heirs property and how heirs property owners are at risk of home loss;
2. Legal strategies to prevent home loss for heirs;
3. Tools for heirs property prevention; and
4. Legal strategies to resolve heirs property issues.

Speakers:

• Nketiah Berko, Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by the Rossotti Foundation, National Consumer Law Center
• Sarah Mancini, Co-Director of Advocacy, National Consumer Law Center
• Miles Malbrough, Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by the Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands

Please be sure to log onto the webinar a few minutes early in order to secure your place for the live presentation on Zoom. If you would like to request ASL interpretation or have other accessibility related questions, please email ncler@acl.hhs.gov at least one week in advance.