00:00When the explosion ripped through this row of social housing townhouses in Wycanda Crescent
00:06almost a month ago, it destroyed the place that Nanette Dawson had called home for 17
00:12years.
00:13That home was everything to Mum.
00:15It was her safe place and it was her sanctuary.
00:19Since then, the traumatised 86-year-old has been living in a facility with women and children
00:24who fled violence.
00:25Her children say rules there prevent them from visiting.
00:29Are you alright?
00:32I just feel sad to be here.
00:36But then I'm sad every day.
00:39I know.
00:41Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
00:43Nanette's Brisbane-based daughter Shireen speaks to her every day.
00:47It's very hard to hear her just breaking down all the time and just crying, just saying
00:56that she wants to go home.
00:58She says it's been difficult to get straight answers from Homes NSW about finding a more
01:02suitable home for her mum.
01:04I don't feel it's the right place for Mum and I don't understand why there is nowhere
01:11else to house elderly residents that are in crisis.
01:17Homes NSW says Nanette Dawson has declined its offers of alternative temporary accommodation
01:22without visitor restrictions.
01:24After the ABC made inquiries, Shireen Dawson received an email expressing sympathy for
01:29her mother's circumstances and offering extra assistance.
01:32It's now working to make modifications to a long-term property for her.
01:36The residents who lived here lost everything in the explosion, but some are still hoping
01:40they'll get the opportunity to salvage some precious possessions from the rubble before
01:44the site is demolished.
01:46A spokesperson for Homes NSW says reasonable attempts will be made to salvage residents'
01:51belongings.
01:52That would mean the absolute world.
01:56One in particular is the last birthday card that my brother had sent her before he passed
02:03away three years ago.
02:05Nanette Dawson is hoping she'll one day be able to move back to Wakanda Crescent, but
02:10Homes NSW says the future use of the site is yet to be determined.
02:14Fourteen displaced residents remain in temporary accommodation.
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