HEIR Act of 2025
This bill modifies disaster recovery and mitigation programs to help homeowners with "heir property" access aid. It requires HUD to create a standardized affidavit form and accept alternative documents (like school or benefit letters) for proving ownership, instead of traditional deeds. The affidavit cannot require notarization and must be available in multiple languages at application. It directly affects residents in Presidentially declared disaster areas who own property inherited through intestacy (without a will) as tenants in common.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Feb 26, 2025
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Committee
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Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lizzie Fletcher
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Emanuel Cleaver
DDemocratic
Co
Emilia Strong Sykes
DDemocratic
Co
Joyce Beatty
DDemocratic
Co
Marc A. Veasey
DDemocratic
Co
Nikema Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Rashida Tlaib
DDemocratic
Co
Shomari Figures
DDemocratic
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