An all-party group of TDs is to recommend a rent control system, where rent can only be increased in line with inflation.
The measure is one of over 100 recommendations from the Dáil committee on Housing and Homelessness, set up as an emergency measure in the wake of the general election.
Any move to link private rent increases with the Consumer Price Index would be a major and unprecedented intervention in the private housing market.
A similar move was planned by the previous housing minister Alan Kelly, as part of the most recent overhaul of rental laws, but was rebuffed by his cabinet colleagues.
Elsewhere the committee calls for a change in tenancy laws so that a tenant is still allowed to complete their lease, even if the landlord is selling the property.
The committee's general belief is that there is no reason why a new landlord should not be happy to keep a reliable tenant who is already present and paying their already there paying.
This is considered urgent in the cases where a landlord has gone into receivership.
There's also a call for local authorities to be given a legal responsibility for assisting private tenants who face eviction before the end of their lease.
There's also a suggestion for Mortgage Interest Supplement to be restored, having been abolished in previous budgets, and also a 'Fair Mortgage Solution' - where mortgage holders, whose income would otherwise qualify them for rent supplement, would be given a mortgage top-up payment.
Meanwhile the committee also considers calls for an an amendment to the Central Bank's rules on mortgage arrears.
As it stands, borrowers are only permitted to borrow up to 3.5 times their annual income. The committee heard calls for this to be increased to 4.5 times, at least until other measures kick in to bring more properties to the market.
The committee also recommends that a single state agency be declared to take control over acquiring and delivering land for social housing, and that social housing projects should have a separate and faster process for securing planning permission.
It also recommends giving NAMA a legal role to address 'infrastructural problems' with land under its control, so that issues with sewerage and electricity, for example, are already take care of and do not delay the construction process after the land is sold to a private developer.
Housing minister Simon Coveney has told the committee he 'won't play party politics' with its recommendations, and that all its suggestions would be considered.
