Resilient Homes Program News Today

People in the Northern Rivers region are opposing the flouting of the flood relief vows made by federal and state government leaders after thousands of homes were destroyed or badly damaged in the floods of two years ago.

A state Labor government plan for just 400 new dwellings in Lismore is too late for most victims, even if they could afford to buy land in the proposed housing estate.

How the last year has unfolded for those swept up in disaster.

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Residents liken the administration of the government’s $700m recovery program to ‘a script from Utopia’

Minns’s visit to Lismore sought to promote a small house repair scheme relying heavily on volunteer labour, after scrapping a joint housing assistance promise by the state and federal Labor governments

Residents claim the agency in charge of recovery has backtracked after verbally assuring people they would get help

After more than 16 months of living in limbo in makeshift accommodation, distraught flood victims have suddenly received “cold calls” from government officials, saying they are not eligible for assistance.

Home buyback scheme in the NSW's flood-prone Northern Rivers is creating additional trauma for victims, Lismore mayor says.

The rollout of a home buyback scheme in the NSW's flood-prone Northern Rivers is creating additional trauma for...

The rollout of a home buyback scheme in the NSW's flood-prone Northern Rivers is creating additional trauma for...