Kimberley floods may have left hundreds homeless in region with longstanding housing crisis

An estimated 100 homes are feared uninhabitable in WA communities where it's not uncommon to have up to 20 people living in a house

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Massive flooding in Western Australia may have left hundreds of people homeless, bringing the region's pre-existing overcrowding crisis into sharp relief, local residents say.

An estimated 100 homes across the Kimberley were feared uninhabitable in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Ellie, according to Tyronne Garstone, the chief executive of Kimberley Land Council, the peak Indigenous body in the Kimberley region. And with many people in the area living in multigenerational homes or with extended family, the extent of potential homelessness is immense, he said.

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