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Councils will be given new powers to impose long-term rent controls after MSPs voted in favour of sweeping reforms aimed at tackling Scotland's housing emergency. ‌

But the impact of the SNP Government's long-awaited Housing Bill has already been questioned by charities and campaigners who have warned it doesn't go far enough to help tackle a chronic lack of affordable homes. ‌

Nationalist ministers were accused of watering-down the legislation after announcing mid-market rent and build-to-let homes would be exempted from price caps over fears it could suppress housebuilding. ‌

Official figures out earlier confirmed the number of new homes built in Scotland continues to drop - with the number of social housing properties under construction falling to their lo

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