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Samantha Lock

One in 10 buybacks cleared nearly two years after flood

A fraction of the flood-damaged homes in northern NSW have been approved for a buyback scheme. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Only over one in 10 homeowners who applied for help after catastrophic flooding in northern NSW have received a guarantee their house will be bought by the government.

Data to the end of September shows 11 per cent of the 5001 buyback applications made across the Tweed, Byron and Lismore council areas have been approved as the two-year anniversary of the disaster nears.

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