A man whose bankruptcy saw 37 social houses go to auction has found himself before Tweed Heads Local Court.
Geoffrey John Hirning purchased the Downs Housing company, previously Downs Aboriginal and Islander Housing Company, in 2016 before filing for bankruptcy a year later.
As a result of the bankruptcy the 37 houses in Toowoomba, all occupied by Indigenous Australians, were sold at auction leaving a number of tenants displaced.
Court documents reveal Hirning was declared bankrupt by the Federal Circuit court on June 5, 2019.
He filed an initial statement of affairs but the trustee’s office requested further bank statements, tax records, motor vehicles, details of real estate property and sale of property, assets and money given and p…
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