Cruise Ship For Homeless

City leaders in Oakland California are trying to come up with a way to help deal with their homeless.

Cruise ship for homeless. Oakland considers housing the homeless on a cruise ship. A Maine man has proposed using decommissioned cruise ships to house the homeless. During a city council meeting on Tuesday Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan broached the idea of using a cruise ship to house up to 1000 homeless people suggesting a ship.

The Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Sky cruise ship sails out of its port on October 12 2018 in Miami Beach Florida. Entrepreneur Ken Capron has plans to buy an old cruise ship and wants to permanently dock it in the citys large harbor. The man wants to repurpose a retired and unused cruise ship as housing for the homeless.

Photo by Gary Hershorn Images Carnival Miracle cruise from San Diego Meanwhile coinciding with the holiday season the Carnival Miracle began voyages out of San Diego. This is not exactly The Love Boat but it could help make a dent in one California citys homeless crisis. Kaplan says cruise ships have been used to house people in coastal areas who were left homeless by natural disasters like hurricanes.

All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities. Cruise ships have been used for emergency housing after natural disasters and for extra housing for things like Olympics OAKLANDS RISING HOMELESSNESS CRISIS PROMPTS DIY EFFORT USING LARGE LOGS. Rebecca Kaplan the president of Oakland City Council said docking a.

A local official in California has proposed using a cruise ship to tackle the growing homelessness crisis. If cruise ships could be used as emergency housing in natural disasters maybe they could be used to help in Oaklands emergency. All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities.

She compared the idea to the Queen Mary in Long Beach California a 1930s-era cruise ship that is now run as a floating hotel. The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA chartered cruise ships. A Portland Maine man said hes applying for a 250000 grant this week to study the feasibility of turning a used cruise ship into housing for those in need.