The demolition of Melbourne’s public housing towers and public housing tenants’ right to housing

Melbourne Public Housing Towers Inside. Melbourne Towers inside the housing commission homes facing severe lockdown YouTube The housing statement said the towers - built between the 1950s and 1970s - "fail against noise, sustainability, waste and recycling, bedroom area dimensions, room depth, ventilation, private open. Why were the towers built? Public housing in Melbourne began in 1937 with an aim to provide adequate housing for persons of limited means

Why were the towers built? Public housing in Melbourne began in 1937 with an aim to provide adequate housing for persons of limited means This has been amplified by Australia's current housing affordability issues and 30 years of under investment in public and affordable housing.

Melbourne COVID19 Inside the public housing towers locked down by Daniel Andrews Daily Mail

The state government's policy of "urban renewal" is a program of creeping privatisation, one that has already destroyed nearly a dozen walk-up public housing estates across the city. Starting with two towers in Flemington, one in North Melbourne and the two old Carlton red brick public housing towers, we'll bring forward a program of works to progressively retire each tower and redevelop each site Part of the plan is to demolish significant public housing estates across the state, including all 44 public housing towers across Melbourne by 2051

Victoria Has Committed 5.3 Billion For New Social Housing Statewide. Initially focused on clearing 'slum pockets' where residents lived in squalor during the Great Depression, things took a dramatic turn in the 60s and 70s, arguably taking cue from claimed success in the communist world. Residents and neighbours are shining a light on conditions in the nine locked-down housing commission towers through social media with one resident saying it's 'worse than prison'.

The future of our public housing towers Pursuit by The University of Melbourne. These behemoths were designed in the 1950s in the internationalist modern architecture. The housing statement said the towers - built between the 1950s and 1970s - "fail against noise, sustainability, waste and recycling, bedroom area dimensions, room depth, ventilation, private open.