After a break-up, Lismore resident Chels Hood Withey said she had nowhere to go.
She is one of many illegal occupants living in a buyback home now owned by the NSW government.
Her whole street is full of squatters in the flood-ravaged community.
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The government has taken them to court and won, but they’re not going down without a fight.
“There is a real crisis of housing insecurity on top of a disaster-affected community,” Chels said.
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