After inheriting ancestral land, these Black families are defying the odds to keep it
With distrust of local governments, which had been charged with regulating property ownership in Southern states hostile to ...
Black Star News11d
New Study Reveals Devastating Loss Of Black Farmland And Property
(NAREB) Tuesday released a study entitled “Heirs’ Property in the United States – Its Destabilizing Structure and ...
Tallahassee Democrat25d
A look at some of Tallahassee's first Black landowners after the Civil War
He also wasn’t the only Black property owner in the neighborhood either. His neighbors were farmers, farm laborers and day laborers, according to the census. Both he and his wife could not read ...
A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have ...
Michigan Chronicle5d
Property is Power! Protecting Black Homeownership from Setbacks
Black homeownership stands at a crossroads, with progress struggling to gain traction even in a housing market that continues ...
Mena FN12d
A New NAREB Study Reveals The Devastating Impact Of Biased Heirs' Property Policies & Practices On Black Families
including the lack of accurate estate planning documents ensuring the efficient transfer of Black property owners' rights to their heirs. “The loss of that property has stifled the economic ...