A three year rent freeze has passed another legal hurdle, after winning a Dail vote.
The proposal also calls for taxpayers to be able to claim back a month's rent a year.
The Sinn Féin bill passed 83 votes to 36 with Fianna Fáil's support.
However, it will need to clear a few more stages to become law.
The Housing Minister has suggested freezing rents wouldn't be constitutional.
It is expected the government will fight the bill, to make sure it doesn't become law.
It will now move to committee stage, where further amendments can be made.
