Dangerous houses

The number of homes issued with dangerous building notices will ‘‘grow’’ after heavy rain brought flooding to parts of Otago. Authorities are in recovery mode after a region-wide state of emergency for Otago was lifted yesterday. Work included contacting the residents of 140 evacuated properties, as ‘‘our main focus is information gathering around people’’, Dunedin City Council’s Simon Pickford said. Most of the affected properties were on the Taieri Plains and many were in new sub-divisions. Four homes in Dunedin were issued with dangerous building notices, including one property on Ravenswood Rd and several on the Otago Peninsula. The number ‘‘will likely grow’’, Pickford said.