Property gives new heart to the people (6)
I believe the answer is:
estate
'property' is the definition.
(I know that estate is a type of property)
'new heart to the people' is the wordplay.
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
'to the people' becomes 'state' (as in the people of a nation).
The centre of 'new' is 'e'.
'e'+'state'='ESTATE'
'gives' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "Sort of car" , "All of one's assets and liabilities" , "Large car; property" , "(see 1)" , "Person's belongings after death" .)