| 1. | The applicant must fill out the Application for Land Form. Family Island residents may collect an application from the Local Administrator’s Office. Grand Bahama and Abaco residents may collect applications from the Department of Housing Office on the islands. Offices locations are listed below. Alternatively a form may be downloaded from this site using the link below. |
| 2. | Applicants in New Providence, Grand Bahama and Abaco must complete application form in person for land and submit in at relevant office along with all supporting documents. |
| 3. | All other family islands applicants must submit their application through the Family Island administrator Office who will forward the application to New Providence to be processed. |
| 4. | The Ministry of Housing will review the application and will also send an acknowledgement letter to the applicant. |
| 5. | Due to the high demand for housing in The Bahamas, land is often oversubscribed, what this means is that there are more applications than there are lots of land. In this case, a letter will be issued to the applicant to this effect. |
| 6. | If the applicant meets the requirement and a lot becomes available, the Department of Housing will contact the applicant by phone to inform of the availability. A letter of offer is also issued to the applicant. |
| 7. | The letter of offer states the location, cost of the property, deposit required and payment deadline. |
| 8. | If the applicant does not pay by the required deadline, the Department of Housing will issue a rescind letter and offer the property to another applicant on the list. |
