Taiwan's DPP candidate for New Taipei mayor is courting civic groups with a welfare-heavy platform, a promising sign for young families and renters but a costly one for the city budget.

• Su Chiao-hui met housing, labor and childcare advocacy groups to lay out her plans for the mayor's race.
• She wants companies to team up and run their own daycare centers, with city cash rewards and help covering losses in the first three years.
• On housing, she would stick with the current 52,000 social housing target and push more of it through urban renewal, transit projects and public land.
• She would set up a city-level labor policy council, hire more inspectors and tighten penalties on firms that break minimum wage rules.
• Older workers would be steered into coaching roles for young startup teams.

Outlook: Expect childcare and housing costs to be central fighting ground in the New Taipei mayoral race.