long unpaid rates saga ends with sale of 33 outback homes
Thirty-three properties in Mount Isa, Australia, were sold at auction after the Aboriginal housing corporation that owned them accumulated nearly $1 million in unpaid rates. The sale leaves dozens of residents facing uncertain housing futures as they negotiate with new owners.
Why it matters
The situation highlights the intersection of municipal debt recovery and the housing security of vulnerable populations in remote regions.
One of the houses put on the market. ( ABC News: Tim Little )
All Mount Isa properties owned by an Aboriginal housing corporation have been sold after almost $1 million in unpaid rates accrued.
About 50 residents were living in 15 of the properties, with some now negotiating with new owners over whether they can stay.
Link copied Share Share article Kerry Major had spent months wondering how she would find out if her Mount Isa home had been sold. The answer came to her front door.
"I didn't get the phone call," Ms Major said.
Kerry Major and others are facing possible evictions after the corporation they rent from racked up years worth of unpaid rates. ( ABC News: Tim Little )
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