By Karen Ruiz For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press
Published: 13:48 BST, 27 June 2019 | Updated: 13:49 BST, 27 June 2019
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Residents of Sydney's Mascot Towers have been left outraged after learning they may not be able to move back into the crumbling building.
The owners corporation revealed engineers have received documents from the local council and investigations are continuing with no conclusive report yet available.
'A return to building occupancy in the short term is unlikely at this stage. This will be assessed on a month by month basis,' the corporation said in a media release on Thursday.
Mascot Towers engineers and a representative from Fair Trading NSW were scheduled to address owners at a meeting on Thursday night.
Residents of the building's 132 units have been forced to stay elsewhere since cracking in its primary support structure and facade masonry sparked the evacuation on June 14.
The owners corporation said on Thursday building occupancy in the short term is 'unlikely'
Residents of the building's 132 units have been forced to stay elsewhere since cracking in its primary support structure and facade masonry sparked the evacuation on June 14
Cracks (pictured) on the 132 unit apartment building caused a mass evacuation on June 14
Apartment owner John Higgins said he is frustrated over the lack of answers and said tenants have been told the building could be vacant for up to a year.
'It makes me sick. I spoke to one beautiful owner yesterday, she's had two days off [for] stress leave, she'll be here tonight,' he told news.com.au on Thursday.
June 14:
Authorities evacuate residents from 122 apartments at the complex on Bourke Street, Mascot in Sydney's south, over safety concerns.
June 15:
Crisis meeting involving senior building managers, government officials and strata representatives on Saturday suggested multiple factors were at play for cracks in building.
June 16:
Residents learn that the warranty on the building has expired and they will have to
