Homeless and looking for help – why people with disability and their carers fare worse after floods
- Written by Jodie Bailie, Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
Thousands of people have been displaced from the floods in New South Wales and Queensland. Across the Northern Rivers, the floods have damaged at least 5,500 homes, with at least half of these expected to be uninhabitable.
Floods expose social inequities and exacerbate the housing crisis for people with disability and carers in the region.
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