A Napier city councillor is hoping to start a conversation with central government over the funding of council-run social housing.
Maxine Boag has asked the council to take a remit to Local Government New Zealand, with the aim of starting a conversation about the funds for social housing.
"We've got a housing crisis here in Hawke's Bay, there is not a question about it.
"All social housing, whether it be social housing providers, Housing New Zealand or councils, we've got long waiting lists."
She said in Napier, and most local territorial authorities who still have social housing, most were built in the mid-late 20th century by the government.