NSW Resilient Homes buybacks begin in Northern Rivers but anxious residents feel 'no certainty'

Residents have been forced to live in caravans next to their flood-affected homes in Lismore. (ABC North Coast: Bronwyn Herbert)

Almost one year after catastrophic floods devastated the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, the first round of voluntary buybacks has been offered to homeowners in the highest-risk flood zones.

The $700-million Resilient Homes Program, announced in October, is expected to offer about 2,000 buybacks for the purchase of a homeowner's house and land.