The Commonwealth and NSW Governments are offering more help to residents displaced by the recent flooding find more secure accommodation with a package of grants and assistance in 17 Local Government areas.
The jointly funded $182.2 million package will provide:
- Back Home grants of up to $20,000 to support owner-occupiers, landlords and renters to repair their homes and replace essential household items;
- Up to 16 weeks of rental support payments for flood-affected households;
- A $59.4 million Central West Caravan and Modular Housing Program which will secure medium-term housing and extend the at-home caravan program, which is already being rolled out; and
- $8.9 million to undertake targeted residential property assessments.
This package will be targeted to the 17 most highly impacted local government areas (LGAs) of:
- Bathurst,
- Cabonne,
- Cootamundra-Gundagai,
- Cowra,
- Dubbo,
- Forbes,
- Gunnedah,
- Lachlan,
- Liverpool Plains,
- Moree Plains,
- Murray River,
- Narrabri,
- Parkes,
- Snowy Valleys,
- Upper Lachlan,
- Wagga Wagga, and
- Walgett
As part of the package, $39.3 million has also been committed for the clean-up of damaged properties in LGAs that were disaster declared in the August and September events.
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Applications for Back Home grants and rental support payments are open now. For more information about recovery assistance, visit:Â www.nsw.gov.au/floodslaunch
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Information on disaster assistance is also available on the Commonwealth Government’s Disaster Assist website at: www.disasterassist.gov.aulaunch