Title 12 — Public Works and Contracts

It is the policy of the government to own and operate housing facilities as are necessary to meet the needs of technicians and specially trained personnel who from time to time may be recruited under contract to the government. This housing shall be known as government housing. T…

Government housing may only be occupied by contract specialists employed by the government who are recruited off-island and employed in accordance with the provisions applicable to contract specialists, and by local hire employees of the government who meet the provisions of sect…

Employees of the government who are lured locally may occupy government housing only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The Governor determines there exists unoccupied housing units in excess of current and prospective needs of contract specialists; (b) The Governor …

(a) The right of a contract specialist to occupy government housing ceases thirty days after termination of the contract. (b) For all other persons, the right to occupy government housing ceases thirty days after receipt of a notice of termination of the tenancy. (c) Any occupant…

(a) If an occupant of government housing refuses to leave the premises within thirty days as specified in section 12.0504, the Office of the Attorney General may file in the district court a petition for possession of premises and set a hearing date within fourteen days of filing…

To the fullest extent practicable, government housing which is no longer needed for the purposes of 12.0501 shall be declared surplus by the Governor. Upon such declaration, a determination shall also be made by the Governor as to whether the surplus housing can continue to be ma…

Sale of surplus housing shall be at auction to the highest eligible bidder. Eligibility to bid shall be limited to U.S. nationals or citizens who are allowed under law to own real property in American Samoa. Sales shall be for cash, under rules as shall be provided by regulation …