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Around 2000 homes in Mangere (a southern Auckland suburb) were damaged by the deluge. Residents had to leave their homes when they lifted off the ground due to the rain.
Joanne* is one of those. After three years as a Kainga Ora resident at Patete Lane, she lost it all on 27th January.
We were all at home with my baby of two months, our child of two years, and our six-year old special needs. The water was coming but we did not think that it would reach our home.
It was a scary moment when the water began to pour in. When the water started coming in, I immediately took my sons upstairs. “I was using towels to try and stop the flow, but it just kept on coming.
Joanne’s neighbours alerted her shortly after that the house was moving.
My neighbour came from behind and shouted ‘get out, it has moved and is now higher than the ground. Get out!’
Residents of the complex she lives in are left in the darkness about next steps.
Kainga Ora said that we should go to an evacuation center and do it ourselves.
They could have checked on us better, you know. You could at least have run and asked how we are doing, or if there is anything we need, but they did not. “Well, I don’t think they did.”
Joanne’s Accommodation Relief Fund ended after six weeks of rent-free motel accommodation.
After checking out of the motel on the day that I was to move, KO called me and said the house I had been shown wasn’t any longer available, so I’d have to choose another, which I hadn’t yet seen.
It was heartbreaking. Then, I was exhausted; all I wanted to do was get my family into a home. Later that evening, I started to cry.”
Joanne, her husband and their family suffered a total loss of over $10,000 due to the flooding. This included their car and their entire home furniture.
Kainga Ora released a statement in which it said that all tenants are informed by the landlord of the state they will not be held responsible for damage or theft to furniture and belongings.
We recommend tenants obtain content insurance.
We try to help customers find the best organisations that can offer support when their belongings get damaged or destroyed, as they did in the recent floods.
Joanne says the information she received regarding the insurance coverage required wasn’t very clear.
We rent with Kainga Ora because we have no money for insurance. Our monthly rent is barely enough to cover our expenses.
Who would have thought that in just a few hours, your house would be ripped from its foundation and everything would disappear?
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, at the start of this month, announced that he would be sharing costs with the Crown in order to finance more than $2 billion worth of recovery and resilience projects, which included buying out properties of category 3.
The scheme was expected to include 700 properties.
Caroline Butterworth said that Kainga Ora Tamaki Ta Tokerau’s Deputy Chief executive, Caroline Butterworth was in contact with Auckland Council, to find out how many of their 120 properties which were unrepairable could be included in the scheme.
We don’t yet know which 120 homes are in the Category 3. However, based on the information we have gathered since January as well as the damages sustained and the data we know about the homes in the Category 3, we anticipate that only a small subset – maybe a dozen homes – may be designated Category 3.
We expect the majority of the homes to be affected in South and West Auckland.
The discussions began when she announced the policy of buyouts.
Wayne Brown, however, said in an exclusive interview to RNZ that the purchase of state housing is a central government matter.
RNZ questioned Kainga Ora regarding the response of the mayor, but a Kainga Ora spokesperson stated that it was inappropriate to give any further details.
As we’re still in discussions with Auckland Council at this point, it wouldn’t be appropriate for us to give any specifics about the impact on individual properties.
Auckland Council has also refused to comment on the fate of affected state homes.
The spokesperson stated that it will not be able to provide any more details about the policies settings of the buyout program until the scheme is completed.
Butterworth stated that Kainga Ora awaited further information before determining if these sites would be able to become housing once again.
She refused to say what information she was waiting for from the landlord.
Joanne says that she is awake all night because of the worry about new houses being built on the site.
We want the houses demolished and not only their foundations redone.
It’s not only unsafe, but also unfair to the future tenants.
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