There was anger in the public gallery as Horowhenua District Council voted to sell off 115 pensioner houses across Levin and Foxton.
Nine Councillors ignored the Mayor's motion to stall the sale process.
He wanted the Finance and Risk Committee look at the sale and for councillors to get a briefing on it.
"This has just gone straight to in committee, with only one councillor involved in the evaluation of the whole proposal, in terms of those that put in expressions of interest. Remember council voted me out of that committee because I had a conflict of interest Because I've been vocal in my manifesto to get elected, I had said I wanted to retain pensioner housing," says Mayor of Horowhenua Michael Feyen.
Some members of the public, who spoke at the meeting, were shocked at the behaviour of the council.