USDA Heirs' Property Factsheet

This USDA website provides in-depth resources to support landowners and others interested in learning about and addressing heirs' property issues.

This book addresses many challenges that have plagued disadvantaged families that own heirs' property and discusses a range of solutions to these problems.

The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) helps preserve family wealth passed to the next generation in the form of real property.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces $67 million in competitive loans through the new Heirs’ Property Relending Program (HPRP), which aims to help agricultural producers and landowners resolve heirs’ land ownership and succession issues.

The National Agricultural Library Heirs' Property webpage provides a list of selected resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Agricultural Law Center, nonprofit direct service organizations, and more.

The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems Farmland Access Legal Toolkit for Heirs' Property is a comprehensive collection of heirs' property resources including issue background, legal, and organization providing direct assistants to heirs' property owners.

The Center for Heirs' Property Preservation supports historically-underserved families by providing direct legal services, legal education and assistance to protect heirs' property.

This paper addresses the remarkable success of a model state statute named the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA), which has been enacted into law in several states since 2011, including in 5 southern states.

The heirs’ property toolkit is a compilation of resources to support land trusts, agency staff and other stakeholders as they seek to resolve barriers to landownership and participation in U.S. Department of Agriculture’s programs.

The USDA Heirs' Property Relending Program webpage provides information and resources for heirs' property landowners including steps to apply for the relending program.