About 2,000 homes remain uninhabitable, with evaluations set to begin for buyback program
About 2,000 homes remain uninhabitable months after one of Queensland’s worst flood seasons, with the state government considering applications to buy back 443 properties and turn them into public space.
Of those seeking to have their homes bought-back, 70% are in the Ipswich and Brisbane areas, with Goodna East given priority due to the severity of flooding in the Ipswich suburb. He told the story of an Ipswich man who had lived in the same property that had flooded a number of times in the past 30 years.
In January, areas around Maryborough and Gympie suffered major inundation associated with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth.
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