; or (B) letters from local public or private schools, Federal or State benefit providers, and social service organizations, including community assistance programs and nonprofit organizations. (3) Definition For purposes of this subsection, the term heir property means residential property for which title passed by operation of law through intestacy and is held by two or more heirs as tenants in common. (b) Affidavit of ownership (1) Development and use The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall amend the regulations at part 570 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide for the use of a standardized affidavit of ownership form, to be developed by the Secretary, by grantees of the Community Development Block Grant program for Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) and the Community Development Block Grant program for Mitigation (CDBG–MIT,) in coordination with appropriate authorities of the applicable jurisdiction. Each grantee shall ensure that, at the time of application for housing repair and reconstruction assistance or mitigation assistance under such programs— (A) each applicant is informed of the existence of the affidavit of ownership and provided a copy at the time of application; and (B) copies of the form in English, Spanish, and any other locally predominant languages of the Presidentially-declared disaster area are accessible to the applicant. (2) Prohibition A grantee may not require that the signed affidavit of ownership form of an applicant be notarized. (c) Exemption An affidavit of ownership form shall be exempt from any public comment periods or publication notices under part 570 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations.