The Tanaiste has proposed the establishment of a rent regulator.
It comes as the Environment Minister Alan Kelly and the Finance Minister Michael Noonan try to agree on how best to tackle the housing crisis.
Minister Kelly wants to link rent to inflation but the Tanaiste Joan Burton has suggested a rent regulator, with powers to influence the size of rents instead.
The proposal will be considered at a Cabinet sub-committee meeting next week.
Meanwhile business leaders from will sleep rough in Dublin tonight to raise awareness of homelessness.
Over 1,500 children are now in need of a home across the country and Focus Ireland says the crisis is growing by the day.
CEO of Focus Ireland is Ashley Balbirnie..
