According to Article 62 of the Land Management Law, rural villagers can only own one homestead, and the area of the homestead shall not exceed the standards set by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Rural villagers should build houses in accordance with the overall land use planning of townships (towns), and try their best to make use of the original homestead in the village.
Rural villagers' residential land shall be audited by the township (town) people's government and reported to the county-level people's government for approval; Among them, those involving the occupation of agricultural land shall go through the examination and approval procedures in accordance with the provisions of Article 44 of this Law.
Rural villagers who apply for homestead after selling or renting houses shall not be approved.