Funds from Edinburgh’s visitor levy will go towards new housing – though questions were raised at a council meeting about the legality of the plans.

Councillors approved a plan to use some of the money to provide around 472 homes, with more than 75% let out at social rents, at a Tuesday housing committee meeting .

But some members of the committee objected, with one asking if the council had fully explored legal risks around the plans.

The council’s top housing boss, meanwhile, celebrated the move – which could also see some new lower rent housing set aside for hospitality workers.

Part of the discussion around the plan was conducted in private, with the press and the public excluded, though the final decision to approve the plan was made in public.

Housing convener and Labour cou

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