An entire community has been told it'll be evicted - but some are feeling stressed and cannot afford to buy anywhere else.

Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039.

The district council last month voted to confirm the eviction of the entire Upper Selwyn Huts settlement on the shores of Lake Ellesmere because of the impact of climate change.

  • DaveOPMA
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    5 months ago

    Yeah, though I think typically leasehold is on long terms (like 100 years). If you build a house at the start of that 100 years you get your money’s worth. But if the 100 years is ending in 5 or 10 years, you’d be pretty careful about what you spent on the place.