The Housing Commission towers were planned as a major capital work solution to urban ghettoisation.

Many blocks of occupied terrace and worker cottage style housing were cleared and towers of 10 apartments a floor built, surrounded by gardens and car parks.

One of the more vocal anti-tower campaigners in the 1960s, Barry Pullen, later became a Minister for Housing in the Cain Labor Government.

Crime and substance abuse problems on the estates have indeed fluctuated to high levels over the years, as different governments apply policies to renew the residential environments.

[3] The Victorian Minister for Housing and Building is also responsible for homelessness and the Residential Tenancies Act (the laws governing domestic renting in Victoria).