‘We’ve run out of options here’: NSW flood disaster worsens housing crisis in northern rivers

The damage from the flood at Mullumbimby has become evident after the flood water receded. Photograph: Yaya Stempler/The Guardian

Lucy Andrews is sitting on the couch of her Mullumbimby home, scrolling through rows and rows of names on her computer.

“Everything that’s not highlighted are cases that haven’t been housed yet,” she tells Guardian Australia. “Or who are only in temporary housing and require permanent housing solutions.”