Funding for flood-affected commercial property owners in the Northern Rivers region of NSW

Overview

Funding is available to help flood-affected commercial property owners pay for costs associated with the re-establishment, clean-up and reinstatement of commercial properties to allow tenants and occupants to return to business.

Covered costs could include, but are not limited to:

• equipment or materials required for clean-up
• safety inspections of property damage
• equipment or materials required for immediately reinstating tenants
• payment for a cleaner, if the cost would not have been incurred if the flooding had not occurred
• repairing a building, or repairing or replacing fittings in a building, if it is essential for resuming operations and is the applicant’s responsibility.

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To be eligible, you must have owned a commercial property in the defined LGAs at the time of the February and March 2022 floods and:

• provide evidence that the commercial property suffered uninsured direct damage as a result of the February and March 2022 floods
• show that you are primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application
• show that you intend to repair or otherwise return the commercial property to a condition that enables a small or medium business to occupy and operate from the property.

Additionally, you must be able to demonstrate that at the time of, or in the 6 months prior to, the February and March 2022 floods that:

• you held a lawful signed and binding commercial lease agreement with a tenant who was operating a small or medium business
• you were both the owner of the commercial property and of the small or medium business that operates at the address, or
• the property was advertised as available for rent.

The Northern Rivers region is defined as encompassing the following local government areas:

• Ballina
• Byron
• Clarence Valley
• Kyogle
• Lismore
• Richmond Valley
• Tweed Shire.