Flood-affected Lismore residents want option to relocate their homes

In a new series, NBN News is highlighting the efforts to rebuild the flood-ravaged Northern Rivers community. Here, Olivia Grace-Curran and Gracie Richter are looking at whether Lismore's historic homes can be relocated.

"I don't think the whole of town should be relocated - but I definitely think that the people in the worst flood-affected areas should be offered the option to relocate their homes. It's now a race against time, with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole event underway and a 50 per cent chance of a third La Niña forming later this year."If I raise the home, I could still have a shipping container or a car run into the side of it."

"I've done all of the research, I could literally next week if the government on all levels were a part of this discussion and involved. Lismore Greens Councillor Adam Guise introduced a motion to acknowledge flood-affected residents' desire for house relocations."We can't just rest on our hands and think this isn't going to happen again or somehow think we've got time," he said.

Jenna Breeze, her husband and their five-year-old daughter are living in Casino until they have enough information to make a decision on their future in Lismore.

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