'We are all breaking down': Melbourne towers residents feel abandoned for a second time

Many are unable to sleep, support coordinator says, and have been left without information, support or sanitation

Residents of the nine Melbourne public housing towers formerly under strict, police-controlled lockdown have been left traumatised and at risk of self-harm, fearful of going outside and without support or proper sanitation, one says.

Mohamed, a resident of a tower at 33 Alfred Street in North Melbourne and a support coordinator for his building, said nothing had changed in the towers since they come out of hard lockdown.

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