Please see the following threads, where citizens can comment, on new proposals for allocating open parcels in CDS that are owned by the government (usually after a re-possession for failure to pay rent):
1. Plan for distributing the open parcels by advance notice and, if multiple persons inquire about a lot, random lottery. See: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2583
2. Plan for eliminating the one-time CDS purchase price for open parcels sold by CDS in existing sims. In other words, we would sell for L$0, and require only the first month's rent payment. See: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2592
Regards JP