This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to change rules for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) programs after a Presidential disaster. It says homeowners who cannot show traditional proof of property ownership, including people who own "heir property" (property that passed by intestacy and is held by two or more heirs as tenants in common), should be given other ways to prove ownership. Acceptable proof can include a HUD-developed signed affidavit of ownership or letters from local schools, benefit providers, and social service or nonprofit organizations. HUD must make a standard affidavit form, make it available in English, Spanish, and other locally common languages, and require grantees to give applicants the form when they apply. Grantees may not require notarization of the affidavit. The affidavit form is exempt from public comment or publication notices under the cited rule.
If you own a home but do not have a traditional title or deed after a Presidentially declared disaster, this bill would let you use a signed affidavit or letters from local organizations to try to qualify for CDBG-DR or CDBG-MIT repair, reconstruction, or mitigation help. Local program administrators must give you the form when you apply and provide it in common local languages. You would not need to have the affidavit notarized.
No publicly available information. The bill text directs HUD to amend regulations and create a standard form but does not include cost estimates or funding amounts.
The bill's stated purpose is to assist applicants for CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT who do not have traditionally accepted forms of property ownership documentation by providing alternative proofs and a standardized affidavit.
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