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'When the Black Summer bushfires tore through the Bega Valley on the NSW south
coast in late 2019, Manu Bohn, 30, was faced with the reality of becoming
homeless. While he was able to save the property he was temporarily staying in,
he was left scrambling to find a new place to live after a breakup.
"[The region] became quite famous after the fires … the devastation it left
after it went through was huge," Manu told
The Feed.
Having moved to Australia from Brazil in 2018, Manu said he was priced out of
the property market — and resorted to building a tiny home atop a caravan on a
friend's property as a last-ditch option two years ago.
But he and the property owner did not seek council permission or apply for a
development approval for the dwelling, though he says he did build it "based on
state legislation".
The council recently sent him a draft order stating the tiny home needs to be
removed or demolished to abide by NSW Environmental Planning legislation -
failure to do so could trigger legal proceedings with potential for a
court-imposed fine of $1 million maximum. Manu says it would make him homeless.
"For someone living [in] a tiny house and not being able to afford a home, to
get this letter where you have to pay a million dollars … it just seems to be
so outrageous and not very understanding," he said.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
