Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says the City Council is a major provider in the affordable rental housing sector in Wellington and that the Council is keeping to its commitment to review its Social Housing Policy every five years. Read the full press release on Scoop here.

Mr Key said he wanted the number of houses available for low-income families to increase because there was clearly a need for them, but believed social housing providers should play a bigger role rather than the state. Read the NZ Herald article by Simon Collins here.