Wellington City Council is one of New Zealand’s largest landlords. It owns more than 1900 social housing units across the city, housing 3000 low-income tenants. The council gifted it $10m of property and $23m in funds to help it build new social housing. Councillor Tim Brown, pictured during a Wellington City Council meeting. He said Te Toi Mahana could be in line to follow the UPL strategy.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 04, 2026 23:31 UTC