The deputy leader of the Green Party is reported to own two buy to let properties.

Mothin Ali bought a former council house for £165,000 in 2022, and a second for £157,000 in 2025 through his company MA Holdings.

Both properties are in Leeds and according to the Sunday Times they are tenanted.

All this is despite the Green Party having one policy to ‘abolish landlords’ and another to and the Right To Buy council house scheme.

The Green Party passed a motion at a 2025 conference seeking the effective abolition of private landlords by increasing council housing and moving rented properties under public control.

It also demanded rent controls and the outlawing of buy to let mortgages.

On his website Ali claims that he campaigns to shift the Greens away from a “middle-class, southern-focused” image by championing working-class inclusion, renationalisation of key services, and better representation of diverse northern communities.

Landlord Today has asked the Green Party for its comment on the story but the Sunday Times reports this response to its own coverage: “We have provided deeply personal information to your newspaper in confidence which shows that Councillor Ali has acted solely in the interests of vulnerable close family members for whom he has caring responsibilities. 

“At Councillor Ali’s request, we are not going to make this information public to protect his family.”