Auckland councillors to decide on buyout for weather damaged homes

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English - October 04, 2023 19:20 - 7 minutes - 7.09 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
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After months in limbo, Auckland homeowners are anxiously awaiting the results of a critical council meeting on Friday.
Councillors will decide, behind closed doors, how to buy out homes damaged in recent severe weather events.
Up to $774 million has been set aside to buy hundreds of category 3 houses which have been left uninhabitable.
Flood-affected residents and advocates, Caroline Bell-Booth from the Muriwai Stickered Residents Group and Lyall Carter from West Auckland is Flooding spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.