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Land and Revenues


LiKEN Recap 2025: Listening to the Land, Learning from the People
In 2025, LiKEN deepened our commitment to building livelihoods of care across Appalachia, along the coast of Louisiana, throughout the diverse cultural and geographic regions across the United States, and around the globe. Guided by community needs, we expanded our team, strengthened cross–sector partnerships, advanced intercultural climate and water research, and continued to build resources that improve local livelihoods. LiKENeers gathered at Experience Learning in Spruce

LiKEN Team
Dec 31, 202510 min read


A Season of Growth: LiKEN’s Summer Highlights
Summer is always a busy time for LiKEN, and this year has been no different. From creek clean ups and youth paddle camps to Tribal-led...

LiKEN Team
Sep 11, 202510 min read


Rooted in Place, Rising Together
LiKEN Program Updates, Spring 2025 At LiKEN, our work is rooted in relationships to place, to people, and to the knowledge that connects...
Phill Barnett
May 21, 202518 min read


Kentucky's Privatized Market for Property Tax Debt, Impacts on Heirs' Property Owners
A privatized market for property tax debt threatens to exacerbate land ownership inequality.
Kevin Slovinsky
Jan 29, 202512 min read


Heirs' Property Updates: Land and Revenues Spring 2024 Recap
LiKEN has organized three Free Will-Writing Clinic and Heirs’ Property Information sessions so far and have five more scheduled!
Kevin Slovinsky
Jun 28, 20243 min read
![[WATCH] The Shepherd Family Tell Their Appalachian Heirs' Property Story, Going from Clouded to Clear Titles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z-5EHYb9GMo/maxresdefault.jpg)
![[WATCH] The Shepherd Family Tell Their Appalachian Heirs' Property Story, Going from Clouded to Clear Titles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z-5EHYb9GMo/maxresdefault.jpg)
[WATCH] The Shepherd Family Tell Their Appalachian Heirs' Property Story, Going from Clouded to Clear Titles
Heirs' property is land that is owned by multiple people who have inherited it from a deceased relative. When a property owner dies...
Phill Barnett
Jan 23, 20242 min read


LiKEN publishes report about heirs’ property in Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama
LiKEN has completed a study that evaluates the efficacy of a major law that seeks to protect families that own heirs’ property. Heirs’...

LiKEN Team
Nov 16, 20211 min read
All Land is not Creating Equal:Unleashing Family and Community Wealth through Land Ownership
Learn more here #Heirs039PropertyProject

LiKEN Team
Jan 6, 20211 min read


Heirs’ Property Across Race and Place, November 18, 2020
On Wednesday, November 18th, Betsy Taylor will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Heirs’ Property Across Race and Place.” This...

LiKEN Team
Nov 11, 20201 min read
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