NSW residents asked to open their holiday homes for bushfire victims

The NSW government has launched a scheme to open vacant holiday homes to residents displaced in the state's bushfire crisis.

A view of Big4 Easts Beach in Kiama, NSW, August 2017. Source: AAP

The NSW government on Monday announced a scheme where holiday homeowners in fire-hit areas offer them as temporary accommodation for displaced residents.

Owners are being urged to register their holiday homes with local real estate agents so they can be offered to those in need of accommodation, with the government offering financial assistance.

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