The Department of Public Lands would be awarding homestead lots by November 2017, Homestead Division director Ray Salas told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
The delay in drawing lotteries was due to the division prioritizing the identification of land interest associated with people who have applied for a homestead lot. <\/p>\n
According to Salas, the division has already identified at least six people who would be awarded a homestead lot but the department opted to wait until at least 20 people are identified for drawing.<\/p>\n
Salas added that those who have land interests associated to their name are already ineligible to participate in the village homestead program.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the applicants are off-island, so we are reviewing by year,\u201d said Salas, adding that the division is currently reviewing applicants of January of 1992.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have 40 vacant lots now,\u201d he said. The lots are located somewhere in Kagman II and Kagman III. <\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully we could come up with 20 people by the end of [October],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The most recent homestead drawing was in early July 2017, when DPL awarded nine people with village homestead lots. <\/p>\n
During that time, Salas said there were 275 remaining applicants for 1991 and 387 remaining applicants for 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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