Registraitions for the new $700 million Resilient Homes Program that was announced on Friday morning by the Prime Minister and the Premier of NSW opens today as well as registrations for the first Lismore information sessions this Friday.

The Resilient Homes Program is providing financial assistance to homeowners to improve the flood-resilience of residential properties in the Northern Rivers.

The Resilient Homes Program will offer eligible homeowners one of the three available measures, based on expert property assessments, flood impact severity data, safety risks and potential future flood levels:

• Home buybacks – the homeowner receives a payment for the purchase of their house and land, or 
• Home raising – funding is committed to elevate liveable areas above a property-specific flood level, or 
• Home retrofit – funding is committed to retrofit and/or repair liveable areas to improve the resilience of these areas for future floods.

These investments will be complemented by the $100 million Resilient Land Program.

The Lismore App understands house relocation is also an option that will be considered by the NRRC (Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation).

How to Apply

The Resilient Homes Program will commence customer outreach from November 2022.

If you are already engaged in the Flood Property Assessment Program, delivered by NSW Public Works and Johns Lyng Group, then you will be contacted automatically.

Registrations are still open for the Flood Property Assessment Program.

If you are not engaged in the Flood Property Assessment Program, you can submit your contact details here. Once complete you will be contacted by the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation.

Please note your eligibility under the Resilient Homes Program is not affected by your participation in the Flood Property Assessment Program.

The program has been developed by the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation to improve the resilience of homes in high-risk flood areas in the Lismore, Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Richmond Valley, and Tweed local government areas.  

Over the coming weeks, the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation is holding Information sessions for community members across the region.

Lismore: Friday 4 November 2022

120 Dalley Street Lismore, enter via car park off Military Road

• Session One: 10 – 10:45
• Session Two: 12 – 12:45
• Session Three: 2 – 2:45

All Lismore sessions will have accessibility through an Auslan interpreter

Each session is limited to 80 people

To Register for Lismore, click here.

Please note, new dates and locations will be added. Check the website as new dates come online.

Murwillumbah: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Murwillumbah RSL 10 Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah 

• Session One: 9:30 – 10:15
• Session Two: 11:00 – 11:45

All Murwillumbah sessions will have accessibility through an Auslan interpreter 

Each session is limited 60 people

To register for the Murwillumbah sessions, click here.

The NRRC will also have an information stand at Norco PRIMEX 2022 Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 November 2022  at the Richmond Valley Events Centre, Cassino Drive, Casino.