00:02Derelict and deserted, now reduced to rubber.
00:07It's kind of bittersweet because this was our home.
00:10Four years ago, floodwaters swamped the Maihai Grove Townhouse complex in Ipswich.
00:15For many residents here, this wasn't their first flood.
00:18They were flooded earlier, so they know that their homes are going to flood again.
00:23Most owners applied for the state and federal government's buy-back scheme
00:27but were told all had to be on board to qualify.
00:30The state government then intervened, forcing the council to acquire the last two properties.
00:37Former residents watched on as the demolition began.
00:40Most people were just happy to go, even though they didn't get the money that they were hoping to get.
00:46The lengthy process and growth in property prices has made finding a new place to live even harder.
00:53I know many of the residents have either had to have somewhere much smaller
00:56or they're sharing with relatives or they've had to buy further out
01:00or they've actually had to, some people who have retired have had to take on a job.
01:04Alana Lewis Stafford has moved in with family.
01:07My mother saved me from homelessness.
01:11Townhouses should not have been built on this land in the first place.
01:17The site will eventually become parkland.
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