Plans to knock down and rebuild 44 public housing towers are flawed. Retrofitting and upgrading is feasible, cheaper and better for people and the planet.
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New regulations, training systems and research are underway but there’s much still to be done.
Ghettos of crime, drugs and vice? Full of people bludging off the state? That’s typical of the unfair stigma attached to public housing, and it distracts us from more fundamental issues.
What we understand about how COVID-19 spreads should be the basis for infection control procedures during any lockdown of a residential tower.
Public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne have been placed under ‘hard lockdown’, with 3,000 residents confined to home for at least five days, after 23 COVID-19 cases in 12 homes.
Buildings with lots of occupants such as tower blocks and hospitals could be a hidden risk in the battle against COVID-19.
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Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University
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Director, Institute for Sustainable Building Design, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Practice Professor of Architecture, Monash University