{"id":119179,"date":"2020-11-10T04:46:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T21:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-was-never-meant-to-be-cheap-councillor-defends-rent-on-affordable-wellington-apartments\/"},"modified":"2020-11-10T05:03:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:03:54","slug":"it-was-never-meant-to-be-cheap-councillor-defends-rent-on-affordable-wellington-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-was-never-meant-to-be-cheap-councillor-defends-rent-on-affordable-wellington-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"'It was never meant to be cheap' – councillor defends rent on 'affordable' Wellington apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy RNZ The Wellington City Council is being criticised for slapping a weekly rent of $580 on new apartments that are meant to be affordable for essential workers.Unused office space in Wellington is being converted into two-bedroom…
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\nSource : nzherald.co.nz\/Property
\nRead more…‘It was never meant to be cheap’ – councillor defends rent on ‘affordable’ Wellington apartments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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