However those living in barely habitable villas, some without hot water at Kuranda Resort have been given eviction notices.
Mareeba Community Housing Manager Patricia Goldfinch says her organisation is working with about 30 families after they had been given eviction notices following liquidation of two thirds of the villas.
Ms Goldfinch says, "There’s still others living there, in a deplorable situation, some of them don’t have electricity... [or] cooking facilities.”