Public Housing Management Calls Melbourne, Australia Tower Lockdowns ‘Ham-Fisted’

Public Housing Management Calls Melbourne, Australia Tower Lockdowns ‘Ham-Fisted’
A general view of police and Ambulance services at the front of Flemington Public housing flats on in Melbourne, Australia July 5, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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Thousands of residents locked in Melbourne’s public housing estates said they have not received proper food deliveries as concerns loom over the sudden quarantine across nine tower blocks in the city’s north.

The Victorian Public Tenants Association (VPTA) said that the more than 3,000 tenants were unprepared for the state government’s lockdown and many did not have enough groceries and supplies.

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