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Slow pace of buyback scheme pushes flood-affected residents to sell homes on open market

A buyback scheme that was supposed to move NSW Northern Rivers residents out of extreme flood danger has barely begun a year after the floods, with the first offers made only in the past few days.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

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

While homeowners receive "formal offers" in the highest-risk flood zones, some residents say "vague" information has them "confused" and lacking certainty about their future.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

Lismore flood victims given first home buyback offer

Survivors of last year's deadly Lismore floods have received the first offer for a home buyback, with further deals to ramp up in the coming months.

AAP · Feb 21, 2023

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First flood buyback offers set to be made a year after Northern Rivers catastrophe

The body overseeing the region's flood recovery says the scheme is "oversubscribed", with more than 8,000 applications made for assistance. Although there is an "enormous" amount of work to do, the first offers are set to be made next week.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023

House relocations 'first preference' for flood recovery agency as buyback process begins

The first steps have been taken in the long-awaited Northern Rivers buyback scheme with a series of public information sessions offering more insight into what comes next.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

Lismore residents can take their homes with them under $800m buyback program

If residents choose not to move their home or if it is not possible, they will be sold or stripped for materials

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2022

Northern Rivers flood buyback scheme offered to those with destroyed and damaged homes

Northern Rivers residents whose homes were severely impacted by floods earlier this year may now have the opportunity to move to higher ground.

ABC News · Oct 27, 2022

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Flood-ravaged communities split amid backlash to temporary pod housing plan

Denise Lowe says opposition from North Coast residents to the installation of the pods in parks makes her feel "less essential than people being able to walk their dog".

ABC News · Aug 12, 2022

Housing buyback details for Northern Rivers flood zone expected in weeks

Reconstruction chief David Witherdin says buyback values will be based on pre-flood property values to "try to return people to the position they were in" before the flooding.

ABC News · Jul 15, 2022

Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation labelled a 'turning point' in region's flood recovery

Flood-affected residents in the Northern Rivers region are urged to be patient as the newly formed reconstruction corporation works out the best-long term solution to rebuild Lismore and surrounding communities.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2022

North NSW reconstruction body after floods

Dominic Perrottet says a new reconstruction corporation will cut red tape and help flood-hit communities in northern NSW rebuild with a focus on resilience.

AAP · Apr 19, 2022

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