Ellen: We need more public housing
This week in Parliament, Ellen Sandell, Greens State MP for Melbourne, asked the Treasurer to commit funding to build more public homes in the 2020-21 budget.
Of all the disturbing images to come out of this pandemic, one of the most haunting is the image of faces of public housing residents pressed up against the windows of their high-rise apartments with police surrounding their homes as they were put under emergency hard lockdown back in July.
The pandemic has uncovered many cracks in our society, but the overcrowded and inadequate state of Victoria’s public housing surely sits at the top of the list. When it comes to public housing, Victoria still spends the lowest amount per person of any state or territory in Australia, yet we know that investment in public housing creates not just homes but also jobs when we need them the most.
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