Flood victims staying at the Mickleham quarantine facility have been moved to alternative accommodation

Victorians displaced by last year’s devastating floods have been relocated from the Mickleham quarantine facility.  

The Mickleham quarantine facility was established as a temporary emergency accommodation base. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Victims of Victoria’s flood crisis have been moved out of the Mickleham quarantine facility.

The facility – known as the Centre for National Resilience (CNR) – was established as a temporary emergency accommodation base on October 18 last year to house people displaced by the devastating floods.

In February, the Andrews government announced all remaining residents would be moved on to other accommodation closer to their hometown.

Since October, 255 flood victims have left the Mickleham base to return home or into alternative accommodation.

Remaining flood victims were moved out of Mickleham to other accommodation closer to their hometown.

By Wednesday, all residents had moved out.

An Emergency Recovery Victoria spokeswoman said “all previous residents of the CNR were helped by Emergency Recovery Victoria to either return to their own homes or into alternative accommodation closer to their hometown”.

If residents were unable to return home, they were helped into a private rental, social housing or supported accommodation like hotels and caravan parks.

Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes said: “It has been an incredibly challenging few months for those impacted by the floods – the Centre has been a place for people from across Victoria to have a safe roof over their heads, food on the table and a community around them determined to help them recover.”

“We know people are keen to get back to their home towns as quickly as possible – reconnecting with their work, school and loved ones is a vital part of recovering from this event.

“Now the flood waters have receded and it’s safe to return, we’re helping everyone who’s staying at the Centre to return to their communities – and we’ll keep providing support to everyone who needs it once they’re back in their communities.

“We will continue to stand with flood-impacted communities for as long as it takes to recover from this extraordinarily tough event.”

The CNR is owned by the federal government who will determine its future use when it transitions back to a Commonwealth operation on March 31.