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Efforts Underway To Address Gainesville Racial Inequity Through Heirs’ Property Oversight

Posted 2020 Reviewed August 24, 2023
Source
NPR
Author
Hannah Bobek
About This News Article

The City of Gainesville is discussing the possibility of creating a position to handle “heirs’ property” — land that has been passed down from generation to generation without a will.

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