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1255 - Planning and Public Spaces - DAM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Higginson, Sue to the Minister for Climate Change, Minister for Energy, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for Heritage representing the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
DAM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Can the Minister please advise, in relation to the major flooding in February and March of 2022:

(1) How many homes were flooded in the Lismore City Council area?

(a) Specifically, how many homes were flooded in each suburb in the area?

(2) How many homes were flooded in the Byron Shire?

(a) Specifically, how many homes were flooded in each suburb in the area?

(3) How many homes were flooded in the Tweed Shire?

(a) Specifically, how many homes were flooded in each suburb in the area?

(4) What are the current criteria under the Resilient Homes Program for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(5) Will the criteria change in future funding tranches for the Resilient Homes Program?

(a) If yes, what data will be used to inform the change?

(6) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Lismore City Council area requested a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(7) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Byron Shire requested a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(8) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Tweed Shire requested a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(9) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Lismore City Council area have been approved for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(10) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Byron Shire have been approved for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(11) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Tweed Shire people have been approved for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(12) What is the average estimated cost per house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(13) What is the average actual cost per house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(14) How many flood-impacted houses in the Lismore City Council area were:

(a) uninsured

(b) rentals?

(c) primary homes?

(15) How many flood-impacted houses in the Byron Shire were:

(a) uninsured

(b) rentals?

(c) primary homes?

(16) How many flood-impacted houses in the Tweed Shire were:

(a) uninsured

(b) rentals?

(c) primary homes?

(17) What is the initial and ongoing cost per modular home for the temporary housing program for flood-affected areas in New South Wales?

(18) What were the flood levels recorded for the two flood events of 2022 in:

(a) Lismore City Council Area?

(b) Byron Shire?

(c) Tweed Shore?

(19) How many homes were flooded in the Lismore City Council area to the level of:

(a) 1 millimetre to 99 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(b) 100 millimetre to 199 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(c) 200 millimetre to 299 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(d) 300 millimetre to 399 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(e) 400 millimetre to 499 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(20) How many homes were flooded in the Byron Shire to the level of:

(a) 1 millimetre to 99 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(b) 100 millimetre to 199 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(c) 200 millimetre to 299 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(d) 300 millimetre to 399 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(e) 400 millimetre to 499 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(21) How many homes were flooded in the Tweed Shire to the level of:

(a) 1 millimetre to 99 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(b) 100 millimetre to 199 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(c) 200 millimetre to 299 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(d) 300 millimetre to 399 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(e) 400 millimetre to 499 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(22) How many of these flooded premises by suburb are subject to applications for assistance to better withstand future flooding under the Resilient Homes Program?

(a) How many would have been approved in the Lismore City Council area by suburb, if the eligibility criterion was changed from having to be below 100 millimetres, above the 2020 published 1-in-20-year flood level, to what flooded in 2022?

(b) How many would have been approved in the Byron Shire by suburb, if the eligibility criterion was changed from having to be below 100 millimetres, above the 2020 published 1-in-20-year flood level, to what flooded in 2022? 

(c) How many would have been approved in the Tweed Shire area by suburb, if the eligibility criterion was changed from having to be below 100 millimetres, above the 2020 published 1-in-20-year flood level, to what flooded in 2022?
Answer -
DAM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

I am advised:

(1) This a question for the Minister for Emergency Services.

(2) This a question for the Minister for Emergency Services.

(3) This a question for the Minister for Emergency Services.

(4) This information is publicly available at the Resilient Homes Program website.

(5) Any changes will be determined by future decisions of the NSW Government.

(6) Participants in the Program are prioritised based on whether they are in a location that has significant risk to life to warrant a voluntary buyback. In significantly lower risk locations, participants are prioritised for home raising or retrofit to reduce economic and social impacts from smaller scale flood events. There have been 2685 program registrations in total within the Lismore City Council area as at 29 September 2023.

(7) Participants in the Program are prioritised based on whether they are in a location that has significant risk to life to warrant a voluntary buyback. In significantly lower risk locations, participants are prioritised for home raising or retrofit to reduce economic and social impacts from smaller scale flood events. There have been 977 program registrations in total within the Byron Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023.

(8) Participants in the Program are prioritised based on whether they are in a location that has significant risk to life to warrant a voluntary buyback. In significantly lower risk locations, participants are prioritised for home raising or retrofit to reduce economic and social impacts from smaller scale flood events. There have been 1,339 program registrations in total within the Tweed Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023.

(9) 

(a) 440 buyback offers have been approved for homeowners in the Lismore City Council area as at 29 September 2023

(b) Nil as at 29 September 2023

(c) Nil as at 29 September 2023.

(10)

(a) 4 buyback offers have been approved for homeowners in the Byron Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023

(b) Nil as at 29 September 2023

(c) Nil as at 29 September 2023.

(11) 

(a) 117 buyback offers have been approved for homeowners Council area as at 29 September 2023 in the Tweed Shire

(b) Nil as at 29 September 2023

(c) Nil as at 29 September 2023.

(12)

(a) $600,000 for each house buyback

(b) $100,000 for each house raising

(c) $50,000 for each house retrofit.

(13)

(a) $583,567 as at 29 September 2023 

(b) No home raisings have been completed by 29 September2023

(c) No home retrofits have been completed by 29 September 2023.

(14) This information is not available to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

(15) This information is not available to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

(16) This information is not available to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

(17) Various pod styles, sizes, providers and contractors have been used across flood-affected areas in New South Wales. These pods have been established in both village and private property style programs. Establishment and ongoing costs vary greatly over location and time, and an average cost is unable to be calculated.

(18) This information is publicly available at the National Emergency Management Agency website.

(19) This a question for the Minister for Emergency Services.

(20) This a question for the Minister for Emergency Services.

(21) This a question for the Minister for Emergency Services.

(22) 

(a) There have been 2685 registrations for the Resilient Homes Program in the Lismore City Council area as at 29 September 2023. A precondition of registration for the program requires that the home was impacted by the 2022 floods. Consequently, all 2685 registered homeowners would qualify for assistance under the Program if the criteria for assistance was changed to only reflect impacts from the in the 2022 event.

(b) There have been 977 registrations for the Resilient Homes Program in the Byron Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023. A precondition of registration for the program requires that the home was impacted by the 2022 floods. Consequently, all 977 registered homeowners would qualify for assistance under the Program if the criteria for assistance was changed to only reflect impacts from the in the 2022 event.

(c) There have been 1339 registrations for the Resilient Homes Program in the Tweed Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023. A precondition of registration for the program requires that the home was impacted by the 2022 floods. Consequently, all 1339 registered homeowners would qualify for assistance under the Program if the criteria for assistance was changed to only reflect impacts from the in the 2022 event.

Question asked on 25 September 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 99
Answer received on 17 October 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 115

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