Can I apply for a homestead after I move in?

Non-agricultural (village) household registration shall not apply for rural homestead. If the household registration of the party concerned moves out of the local area after applying for the homestead (not built), the original collective will recover the right to use the homestead. Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead in Hebei Province (for the convenience of explanation, take Hebei Province as an example for reference): Article 15 After the household registration of rural villagers moves out of the collective economic organization, if the houses on their homesteads are damaged and cannot be used, they shall withdraw from their homesteads and be recovered by the villagers' committee free of charge in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of these measures.

Legal objectivity:

Article 13 of the Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead may apply for a homestead under any of the following circumstances: (1) It needs to be relocated or rebuilt due to national or collective construction, relocation or disaster; (two) the implementation of city, village and market town planning or the transformation of old villages, the need to adjust the demolition; (three) the existing homestead area has not yet reached the quota standard stipulated in these measures and needs to be rebuilt or expanded; (four) with household conditions and the original homestead area has not yet reached the limit standard stipulated in these measures, which needs to be rebuilt or expanded; (five) with the approval of the county people's government, the professional and technical personnel introduced or recruited by rural collective economic organizations really need to settle in rural areas; (six) retired workers, demobilized soldiers and overseas Chinese, their relatives, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots with legal documents to return to their original places to settle down; (seven) as otherwise provided by laws, regulations and rules. Article 14 of the Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead shall not be approved under any of the following circumstances: (1) Apply for a new homestead after the area of the homestead reaches the standards stipulated in these Provisions, except for the transformation of old villages for the implementation of village and market town planning; (2) Renting, selling or transferring the homestead and the above-ground buildings in other forms (except for the unreasonable adjustment due to the lack of housing users), or applying for the homestead after converting the house into other uses; (three) all family members as a family to apply for homestead and get approval, do not have the conditions of household or unreasonable household to apply for homestead; (four) the children have set up a household and meet the conditions for setting up a household, and the parents apply for a homestead separately; (five) the implementation of the transformation of old villages or the implementation of planned natural village merger, building on the original homestead; (six) houses that do not need to live are not demolished, and the homestead is not returned to the village collective; (seven) illegal housing is not dealt with according to law; (eight) other do not meet the conditions of building.