This letter, signed by 81 community, housing, consumer, and civil rights organizations, and private firms, requests that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) require states and localities receiving Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants to accept affidavits of ownership as proof of ownership in a property from homeowners applying for repair, reconstruction, and relocation funds after a natural disaster. Absent a federal requirement, far too many states and local governments will continue to promulgate ownership requirements that exclude heirs property owners and other survivors without conventional documentation of title.
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