Homes Victoria last year asked Ernst & Young’s advice on the value of adding thousands of square metres of retail and commercial spaces to some of Melbourne’s public housing towers.
The Victorian government proposed shoving retail stores and commercial offices into some of Melbourne’s public housing towers to get the most value for money out of the rebuilds announced last year, a series of newly published documents reveal.
The government has not ruled out that retail and commercial spaces could be added to the sites. Designs remain under consideration and will be subject to further consultation. Smaller spaces, such as cafes, were also recommended for the Kensington estate as well as the site on Lygon Street in Carlton. Smaller plots of retail and commercial was also listed for Langdon Park in Richmond, Horace Petty estate in South Yarra and on King Street in Prahran.
“Based on the little that has been released, it appears Labor has decided to demolish and privatise Victoria’s 44 public housing towers based on some dot points on the back of an envelope,” Ratnam said.
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