Taiwan's year-end local elections are heating up, and the DPP's candidate for New Taipei mayor is betting on housing and childcare to win over young families.

• Su Chiao-hui, a sitting lawmaker, is running a heavy ground game with under 100 days to the vote.
• Her main promises: more social housing, cheaper childcare, and better protection for workers.
• She wants companies to team up and run shared daycare, with the city paying a bonus of up to NT$1 million to those that do.
• On housing, she would keep the current mayor's target of 52,000 social housing units and add more through zoning changes, urban renewal, and land near transit stations.
• She has also built a family following through a long-running children's storytelling brand, which doubles as an outreach channel to young parents and swing voters.

Outlook: Expect housing costs and childcare to stay the central battleground in New Taipei as the campaign enters its final stretch.