| Ships to homes?

A petition has been introduced to the Parliament of Australia to use surplus cruise ships to help solve the country’s housing crisis.

Petitioner Bob Brown notes the discarding of billions of dollars worth of ships post the pandemic, which could be repurposed as a temporary solution to the crisis.

“Cruise ships can be tied up at all major cities and used to quickly bring housing capacity online,” Brown explained.

“Brisbane’s Portside dock is also about to be decommissioned due to purely commercial reasons…this facility appears ready-made to support a long-term ship tie-up.

“There is currently no other proposition that offers such a quick response to the housing crisis as this.”