About 3,000 residents in nine Melbourne public housing towers will stay in their units for the next five days. This is how the community is making their life a little easier.
The Government will also provide medical support, drug and alcohol support, family violence support and other essential services.Victoria's Housing Minister Richard Wynne said he had been overwhelmed by the compassion of "so many Victorians"."Presently my phone is running off the hook with people saying, 'How can we help?'.
"From the Lord Mayor of Melbourne to the City of Moonee Valley and Trades Hall, any number of people have said, 'We want to be able to help because we know just how important it is as Victorians that we reach out'," he said.single point of contactis on site to offer families assistance andResidents won't be allowed out for five days and the government will provide hardship payments of between $700 and $1,500.
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