1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heirs Empowerment and Inheritance Rights Act of 2024 or the HEIR Act of 2024 . 2. CDBG-Disaster Recovery and CDBG-Mitigation programs (a) Documentation of property ownership (1) In general The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall amend the regulations at part 570 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that in providing assistance for the Community Development Block Grant program for Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) and the Community Development Block Grant program for Mitigation (CDBG–MIT), in connection with a Presidentially declared disaster, in a case in which a homeowner is required to demonstrate ownership of a property heir property owners and any other owners not having traditionally accepted forms of documentation of ownership of property are provided resources and options for proving ownership for purposes of receiving assistance under such Disaster Recovery and Mitigation programs. (2) Acceptable Documentation Acceptable documentation for purposes paragraph (1) shall include— (A) a signed affidavit of ownership form developed pursuant to subsection (b)