Managed media

It includes (from the government’s perspective): case studies on maintenance issues in Millers Point and a section arguing subsidies are provided to tenants in Millers Point. Supposed subsidies are shown for other low-income areas to highlight LAHC’s argument. There’s a section on earlier relocations of people from Millers Point to some of LAHC’s newer inner-city properties. It makes you wonder, if LAHC were to repeat such a well-orchestrated campaign, what might be said about “subsidies” in Redfern, Waterloo, Glebe, Surry Hills or Woolloomooloo, and what case studies might be presented about people in our communities.

 

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