Quote Originally Posted by worldofneil View Post
(are people just supposed to keep clicking the placard for what might potentially be days?)
Personal housing isn't available right now, so that won't help matters if it's a bunch of people trying to do that.

But generally speaking, yes. They hid and randomized the timer as a means of introducing a lottery system to the game. With the caveat that someone can relocate into it and effectively reset the timer at any time (by taking that one and having their old home opened up).