00:02Black mold, doors and windows that cannot be shot, insect infestation and major plumbing
00:08issues are just some of the issues in desperate need of repair in Kalambarut.
00:16When Matilda Giangara and her family need to use a toilet, they have to walk to another
00:20house.
00:32The house next door has the same problem, the floor floods when Kiran Karadada flushes
00:42the toilet or opens the tap, he's put up with it for years.
00:46I pay rent and I still can't use the toilet.
00:49This electrician has been flown in to do repairs.
00:52We've got 30 jobs at the moment, but probably done more than 10 today.
01:01And then you're flying back this afternoon?
01:03Yes.
01:04Today a fan switch has been replaced, but the house has bigger problems.
01:09It's too high and the snakes and cancodes come in through here.
01:15Kalambarut's CEO says maintenance workers only stay for less than a day.
01:21She wants the Department of Housing to visit to see the conditions first hand.
01:26They've not respected the human beings that are living here and I'm really disappointed
01:30in what's happened.
01:31She says the living conditions are the worst she's seen in Australia and Kalambarut desperately
01:37needs a different approach to maintenance.
01:40When they do come out here, they fix one or two minor things.
01:43They don't look at the bigger picture.
01:44They're certainly not coming out and fixing all the big issues that we have here.
01:48In a statement, a spokesperson from the Department of Housing and Works said extreme weather,
01:54remoteness and difficulties in accessing tenancies in Kalambarut had caused delays.
02:00Contractors are scheduled to return to Kalambarut in the coming weeks.
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