Strata insurance generally doesn’t cover expenses caused by building work that is due to repairs and maintenance and not the result of an “event” or accident.
However, regardless of whether or not there was insurance coverage, the owners corp as a whole should have contibuted to the cost of relocation of residents during the building work. Everyone was benefitting – why should only a few residents suffer financially?
If I were one of the evacuated owners, I’d be hitting them with a bill right now.