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HEIR Act of 2025

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US HR 1607 · House Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
In committee
Started in
House
Sponsors
12
Latest action
Feb 26, 2025

What it does

The HEIR Act of 2025 would require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to amend regulations to help homeowners without traditional property documentation—such as heirs who inherited property through intestacy—prove ownership when applying for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) assistance after a presidentially declared disaster. It would allow alternative documentation like signed affidavits of ownership or letters from schools, benefit providers, and social service organizations to verify ownership, and mandates that grantees provide the affidavit form in multiple languages without requiring notarization. The bill aims to…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Feb 26, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Feb 26, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

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HEIR Act of 2025 | 52