Housing services

City Housing provides social housing in Wellington for people on low incomes.

Update

From 21 April 2023 we are no longer accepting new applications for City Housing properties. The City Housing service will transfer to a new Community Housing Provider in July 2023. Find out what other housing support may be available.

About the Council's social housing

The Council is Wellington’s largest provider of affordable rental housing.

Council housing

Find information for tenants and learn about our housing complexes.

Community Housing Provider

We’re setting up an independent Community Housing Provider to manage the city’s social housing.

Other housing support

There are other organisations that provide help with housing.

COVID-19: Update for City Housing tenants

Information for our tenants about COVID-19.