Nissan huts - Housing for the homeless.....

Why not ?



Not bricks and mortar......

But a Nissan hut would be a roof over your head if you are homeless and if you don't have the money, to pay the exorbitant rents which are being asked for today.

WWW search.......
nissan huts
......select images


In the UK during WWII Nissan huts were constructed 'everywhere', and housed military personnel [aka, 'troops'].

Nissan huts are very, very cheap to build.

The governments in Australia today, could build, easily and quickly.......10's of thousands of them !!!

And if housing in Australia, today, is unavailable [due to a lack of a building skills workforce],
why not construct Nissan huts as TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION [aka 'emergency housing'] ?


This cheap and easy [i.e. very, very quick] to construct accommodation.......was 'good enough' to house troops, in the UK......during WWII.

The council has all sorts of rules about housing. You can't just put a roof over someone's head.

There was whole suburb with Nissen huts in the Belmont North in Greater Newcastle.

I don't know if they are still there.

It won't be allowed as it's an admission that Albo's mass uncontrolled immigration policies
of millions of people coming here with nowhere to live was a wrong idea.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissen_hut

A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a 210° portion of a cylindrical skin of corrugated iron placed over a steel and wood frame. It was designed during the First World War by Major Peter Norman Nissen in Britain. It was also used extensively during the Second World War and was adapted as the similar Quonset hut in the United States.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Nissen_Huts%2C_Cultybraggan_Camp.jpg

I know many people who live in shipping containers in bush while building a house.

Near Newcastle, NSW

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/922/PVqG2X.jpg

What bloody eyesores.

Hellbent on building the ghettos of the future are we?

https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Alexander_visits_Diogenes_in_Corinth_-Diogenes_asks_him_to_stand_out_of_his_sun_(1696).jpg/500px-Alexander_visits_Diogenes_in_Corinth_-Diogenes_asks_him_to_stand_out_of_his_sun_(1696).jpg

Alexander The Great visits philosopher Diogenes who lived in a Nissan hut prototype in 4th century bc.

‘’Nissan huts - Housing for the homeless.....

Why not ?’’

Because Nissan builds cars not huts.

freediver wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:46am:

The council has all sorts of rules about housing. You can't just put a roof over someone's head.

Yes freediver!       ;)

Council rules, building code rules, zoning.......emergency housing be damned.

Australia in 2026 doesn't need emergency housing.
/sarc off

Australia needs more bureaucracy, and a brand new 'can NOT do' spirit.
/sarc off

Let bureaucracy build shelters for our homeless.

In another 20 years, we may even have another 20,000 ['built to code'] homes completed.

Yay!!
/sarc off



As you say freediver........'We can't just put a roof over someone's head.'     :P

What a travesty that would be !

There are far too many 'middle men' [and middle-women!] who could miss out,
on not being 'in the loop', and making a dollar.

Hell no !

When there is 'a dollar' to be made, we can't just go straight to the simplest solution !!!
/sarc off



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bobby,

Good image.....of Nissan huts posted.

Well done.

Yadda wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 1:09pm:

bobby, Good image.....of Nissan huts posted. Well done.

Thank Wiki.    :)

Yadda wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 1:09pm:

freediver wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 9:46am: The council has all sorts of rules about housing. You can't just put a roof over someone's head. Yes freediver!       ;) Council rules, building code rules, zoning.......emergency housing be damned.

That's because there is no emergency. There is a problem invented by certain politicians to give themselves something to fix.

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 12:01pm:

‘’Nissan huts - Housing for the homeless..... Why not ?’’ Because Nissan builds cars not huts.

Nissen Huts actually old boy.

Named after the chap who designed them in 1916
a Major Peter Norman Nissen of the British Royal Engineers..... I say what.

Gnads wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 4:29pm:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 12:01pm: ‘’Nissan huts - Housing for the homeless..... Why not ?’’ Because Nissan builds cars not huts. Nissen Huts actually old boy. Named after the chap who designed them in 1916 a Major Peter Norman Nissen of the British Royal Engineers..... I say what.

Nissen indeed, lived in them for quite some time, first at Kapooka [1st Recruit Training Battalion] 4RAR and then at Bandiana.

freediver wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 1:24pm:

Yadda wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 1:09pm: freediver wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 9:46am: The council has all sorts of rules about housing. You can't just put a roof over someone's head. Yes freediver!       ;) Council rules, building code rules, zoning.......emergency housing be damned. That's because there is no emergency. There is a problem invented by certain politicians to give themselves something to fix.

freediver,

I don't know if the 'circumstance' you describe is actually correct.

But if it is true......it would be a shameful thing, imo.


And i would say that there would be many ppl who would disagree with you,
re you saying 'there is no emergency'.


And some State Governments in Australia in recent years have funded....building 'magnificent' new sporting arenas.....with TAXPAYERS money.

When today.......many ppl [many of them also taxpayers] are unable to afford to rent a roof over their heads,
and our [national and state] governments seem   unable/unwilling   to find a 'remedy' to this problem.

It is a disgrace, imo.


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Gnads,

Nissan or Nissen,     .....whoever.

My bad.

He was a smart chappy.

Yadda wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 6:16pm:

freediver wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 1:24pm: Yadda wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 1:09pm: freediver wrote on Oct 26th, 2026 at 9:46am: The council has all sorts of rules about housing. You can't just put a roof over someone's head. Yes freediver!       ;) Council rules, building code rules, zoning.......emergency housing be damned. That's because there is no emergency. There is a problem invented by certain politicians to give themselves something to fix. freediver, I don't know if the 'circumstance' you describe is actually correct. But if it is true......it would be a shameful thing, imo. And i would say that there would be many ppl who would disagree with you, re you saying 'there is no emergency'. And some State Governments in Australia in recent years have funded....building 'magnificent' new sporting arenas.....with TAXPAYERS money. When today.......many ppl [many of them also taxpayers] are unable to afford to rent a roof over their heads, and our [national and state] governments seem   unable/unwilling   to find a 'remedy' to this problem. It is a disgrace, imo. . Gnads, Nissan or Nissen,     .....whoever. My bad. He was a smart chappy.

Poor people with nowhere to live while politicians live it up.
- let them eat cake - they say.


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Yada those sports arenas provide jobs for people so they can buy homes, they also buy goods and services from businesses which in turn provides more jobs. It increases tourism which also creates more jobs.

Leroy wrote on Oct 26^th, 2026 at 8:17pm:

Yada those sports arenas provide jobs for people so they can buy homes, they also buy goods and services from businesses which in turn provides more jobs. It increases tourism which also creates more jobs.

Leroy,

Come on !!

IMO, its just govt 'bread and circuses'.....being funded from the public purse.
i.e.            TAXPAYERS


If those sports arenas are soooo positive [to the economy of a state], and provide such a good 'investment' [for the whole community],
why do TAXPAYERS [through state governments 'ingratiating' policies] need to fund them with public money ?

Surely, if the returns from sports arenas are so good......then 'private interests' would be coming forward to fund them [for their own profit!!].



Come on.

We should be using TAXPAYER money......to be fixing public housing FIRST !!

I generally don't like to see governments spending public money, to achieve ANY 'projects' [there is too much opportunity for graft always going on !].


graft3 = = bribery and other corrupt measures pursued for gain in politics or business.