The government’s most senior advisory body has slammed the plan to freeze social housing rents for some tenants, giving it the lowest possible score, the Telegraaf reported on Thursday.

The Council of State’s recommendations, which have not yet been published, state that the draft legislation was put together hastily and will cause problems for housing corporations in preparing for the move, the paper said.

MPs voted in favour of a two-year freeze, largely at the instigation of far-right leader Geert Wilders, and the cabinet agreed to include the plan in its spring budget negotiations.

However, housing minister Mona Keijzer later said it could only apply to housing corporation tenants, because it was too difficult to compensate private landlords for the loss of income.

Housing corporations say that despite the €1 billion compensation package, the move will hit both new social housing development and the renovation of existing properties. They are taking legal action against the government.

The plan does not have majority support in the senate either, which is necessary for the freeze to go ahead, making its implementation extremely unlikely.