Another rent freeze next year could see Edinburgh Council's affordable housebuilding programme halted, leaving less than half of the planned 10,000 new council homes being built, finance chiefs have warned.
Officials said without significant additional government funding to plug the gap that would be left by not increasing tenants' rent for the third consecutive year in 2023/24, the authority could be forced to recede on its targets for new council housing and energy-saving retrofitting works.
Earlier this month the First Minister announced a rent freeze for public and private rented properties until next spring in response to the rising cost of living.
