# Assessment of Title Complexity Associated with Informally Owned Real Property

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12444726q0002

- Solicitation number: 12444726Q0002
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as combined synopsis and solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Heirshares, LLC for $63,000.00
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Usda-Fs, Csa East 8 (124447)
- NAICS: 541191 Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
- Product or service code: R411 Real Property Appraisals Services (SIC 6531)
- Place of performance: Athens, Georgia
- County: Clarke County (FIPS 13059). https://abierto.us/counties/clarke-county-ga-13059
- City: Athens-Clarke County. https://abierto.us/cities/athens-clarke-county-ga-1303440
- First posted: January 8, 2026
- Last posted: April 13, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7aa8b9caa09f4edd9b281cac73083ba1/view

## Description

This contract supports research examining the distribution of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) to communities, and ultimately to non-industrial, private property owners. Real property owners with informal homeownership (also called heirs’ property) may be constrained in their ability to access CDBG-DR funding because these owners cannot demonstrate ownership in their property.

Informally owned property includes homes/land for which there are no formal documents (i.e., deeds, titles) in the current owners’ name. This informality severely curtails these owners’ ability to recover financially following traumatic, weather-related events or other natural disasters. This work will examine informal property ownership in four cities and surrounding counties impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in Fall 2024--Asheville, NC; Tampa, FL;

**Greenville, SC, and Atlanta, GA to:**

1) assess the state of informal property ownership in these cities, 2) categorize the various levels or types of informality, as informal ownership exists along a continuum from milder to more extreme forms, 3) determine which kinds and costs of legal services would be required to formalize property titles for the different types of informally held property, and 4) identify those properties mostly likely to be eligible for CDBG-DR funding tied to Public Law 118-158.

Questions shall be submitted via email to Shannon Wrobel, by email at shannon.wrobel@usda.gov with a courtesy copy to Keith Friot at keith.d.friot@usda.gov no later than January 20, 2026. This will ensure enough time to respond before the solicitation period ends. Please include the solicitation name and number as the subject line of the email.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Heirshares, LLC (UEI SHDGDNYYJZE1)
- Contract: 12444726P0003, purchase order
- Obligated: $43,000.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 5 offers received
- Link: award number 12444726P0003 equals the contract number; same awarding office 124447 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12444726P0003_12C2_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- January 8, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Notice f5cdd73b2af946718e6710ab550f30cf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f5cdd73b2af946718e6710ab550f30cf/view
- January 27, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Notice 01471c9ee45f4eacb21f245234eee1d1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/01471c9ee45f4eacb21f245234eee1d1/view
- January 30, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Notice acffafc9b63d458e81e5f07955e55c28. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/acffafc9b63d458e81e5f07955e55c28/view
- April 13, 2026: Award notice. Notice 7aa8b9caa09f4edd9b281cac73083ba1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7aa8b9caa09f4edd9b281cac73083ba1/view

## Points of contact

- Shannon Wrobel, shannon.wrobel@usda.gov
- Keith Friot, keith.d.friot@usda.gov

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