Residents at the Lismore Tourist Caravan Park have been given an early Christmas present.
The long-term residents had been told they would have to vacate the park by November 12 – a little over a week away.
Lismore City Council voted earlier this year to close the park owing to its location on flood-prone land.
But despite its name, and a bylaw requiring that residents stay there no more than 150 days a year, the park has become a last refuge for low-income renters in a town with very little low-priced rental accommodation.
Earlier this year Lismore mayor Jenny Dowell said the council wouldn’t close the park if it meant making anyone homeless. But she added that housing support agencies needed a date to be able to work towards.
An agreement has now been reached at the Tenancy Tribunal to extend Ms Dowell’s deadline to January 18.
