A senator is seeking a two-year reprieve for homesteaders who are at risk of losing their homestead permits.<\/p>\n
Sen. Henry San Nicolas from Tinian has introduced legislation to suspend the law on the revocation of homestead permits for two years.<\/p>\n
San Nicolas says in his bill that many homesteaders working in government stand to lose their homestead permits because work-hour cuts have negatively affected their financial ability to comply with homestead regulations.<\/p>\n
He adds that relief must be given until the homesteaders \u201cpersonal economic and financial situation improves along with the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the law, a homestead recipient is required to complete a three-year homesteading period before he or she can receive a compliance certificate and quitclaim deed.<\/p>\n
A homesteader should have built a house and occupied it within the two years after the homestead permit is issued. The law also requires the homesteader to continue occupying that house throughout the third year. <\/p>\n
Homesteaders are prohibited from leasing, assigning, selling, or transferring the homestead lot during the permit period.<\/p>\n
The homestead program was created to assist needy residents to purchase homes and lots in order construct safe and decent housing.<\/p>\n
MPLA has two types of homestead programs-the village and agricultural homestead programs. The village homestead program allows eligible applicants ample public land lot for the construction of a residential dwelling. The agricultural homestead program allows eligible applicants a sizable lot for the development and maintenance of farms crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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