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Nearly three years after storms caused devastating flooding in Auckland, 16 homeowners remain in dispute with the council about buying out their properties.
Auckland Council expects to have bought just over 1200 high-risk homes by the end of this year when the $1.2 billion scheme shared with the government draws to a close.
Phillipa Miller-Ibos is renting elsewhere and paying a mortgage on her home in Avondale that she hasn't lived in since it flooded in 2023.
She wants a buyout but Auckland Council's recovery office disagrees - the house is category one, meaning it can be fixed.
"I get nervous every time I come back because I'm like is somebody going to be in there, are there going to be pests in here.
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