Maha Hamze’s Auburn home has $20k security features torn down

The housing commission home of the Hamze family’s matriarch has undergone some major changes — which have since been torn down by the authorities.

The security gate and CCTV cameras put in place to protect the housing commission home of the Hamze family’s matriarch have been torn down after a crackdown by the Department of Housing.

Maha Hamze’s home inside the six-unit block on Auburn Rd at Auburn underwent major security upgrades last year following her son Bilal’s murder in Sydney’s CBD in June.

A tower of CCTV cameras at the front of the block – as well as others scattered around the property – plus a large metal gate across the driveway came at an estimated cost of more than $20,000.

But after The Daily Telegraph brought the security additions to the attention of the Department of Planning and Environment (DPIE), they vowed to have it torn down - and to make the Hamzes pay.

Maha Hamze whose Auburn home has been a target of multiple shootings over the years.

Multiple cameras surrounded the housing commission property.

That has now been done, with the security cameras and large metal gate no longer at the property.

In a statement, a DPIE spokesperson confirmed the removal of the security measures did not cost taxpayers a cent.

Major security upgrades to the housing commission home of Ms Hamze had to be torn down after a government crackdown. Picture: John Grainger

The $20,000 CCTV camera set up is no longer casting an eye over the Auburn block.

“The NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) ordered the removal of these unauthorised modifications, at the cost of the responsible tenants,” the statement read.

It is unclear who made the modifications.

A large gate across the driveway of the housing commission block was intended to keep out unwanted visitors. Picture: John Grainger

The Land and Housing Commission ordered the unapproved additions - including the gate - be removed by last Friday, March 25.

Ms Hamze’s home has been a popular target for the family’s many rivals over the years with multiple drive-by shootings.

One such attack in 2013 saw a bullet shot through Ms Hamze’s door, hitting her in the back.

In 2021 shots were again fired at the block, only for a stray bullet to pierce a window at the nearby Auburn Hospital — shattering glass and cutting a nurse.

But police sources said Ms Hamze was not the target of that attack and it is not suggested she is involved in any criminal activity.