Name: Heirs’ Property Homeowners: Pathways and Pitfalls to Achieving Housing Stability (.25 Ethics)
Start: 2024-08-29T13:15:00-0500
End: 2024-08-29T14:30:00-0500

Thursday August 29, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT

Room 410

Build out your toolkit for helping heirs’ property homeowners preserve their homes. From predatory investors to property tax foreclosures, this interactive session will explore the challenges low-income homeowners face when they inherit their homes — and key lawyering strategies to tackle these challenges. We will also navigate the ethical considerations presented by heirs’ property cases.

Moderators

Sara Espahbodi

Staff Attorney, TLSC

Speakers

Amir Befroui

Supervising Attorney/Managing Attorney - Foreclosure Prevention Project, LSLA

Practicing lawMentorshipServing low income communitiesHelping consumers (Consumer law)Helping homeowners with a variety of legal issues (real estate law)The highs and lows of litigationPractice uses of mediationUniversity of Houston athleticsPracticing yogaCyclingThe stresses and... Read More →

Heather Way

Clinical Professor, University Of Texas School Of Law

Heather K. Way is on the faculty at The University of Texas School of Law where she serves as a clinical professor and the director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. Heather has more than 20 years of experience working on the creation of equitable and inclusive... Read More →