Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights conference 'Heirs' Property and the Racial Wealth Gap,'

Save the date for the Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights conference 'Heirs' Property and the Racial Wealth Gap,' with Drinan Professor Thomas W. Mitchell and other leading experts in the field on March 21-22, 2024.

Property in the form of homes and land represents the cornerstone of wealth for Black and brown communities. Too often, this ownership is unstable, second-class, so-called 'heirs property' ownership, which has exacerbated the racial wealth gap. This conference will discuss a wide range of heirs' property problems, including owners who lack clear title (tangled title), and will address proposed solutions, including the widely enacted Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Panelists include representatives from local, state, and federal government, nonprofits, academics and researchers. The conference will feature a screening of the award-winning film 'Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land' (Al Roker Entertainment), and a panel of acclaimed investigative journalists who have published award-winning media pieces addressing heirs' property ownership. It will also include a panel for graduate students who are conducting heirs' property research. 

Full schedule and registration coming soon!

Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.