A Warrnambool woman who has lived in a number of the Melbourne public housing towers in lockdown believes it would be a living nightmare.
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Alanna O'Connor said the units were small and there was no airconditioning.
"The condition of these units are disgusting - even without the virus," she said.
"You would feel like a prisoner in your own home," she said.
Ms O'Connor said she didn't know how some people would cope during the lockdown.
"You would feel claustrophobic," she said.
Ms O'Connor said she was glad she no longer lived in the public housing.
However, she said she was disgusted by the comments made by Senator Pauline Hanson.
"They are not all druggies," she said.
"I was very pissed off by her comments."
Ms Hanson was speaking on the Today Show on Monday when she described residents in the housing as "drug addicts" who "can't speak English".
She has since defended her remarks, saying she couldn't care less if she was banned from appearing on the show.
Ms Hanson said she had raised issues which had concerned her for 25 years.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown would affect more than 3000 public housing tenants.
He said public health teams would go door-to-door and test every resident for coronavirus.
"This is not going to be a pleasant experience for those residents but I just have a message for those residents: this is not about punishment, this is about protection," Mr Andrews said.
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