Emergency laws to freeze rent for two years have been blocked by the SNP Government despite calls from some party members to get behind the plans.
The vote was part of the latest coronavirus legislation being rushed through Holyrood to deal with the economic fall-out of the pandemic.
In a series of votes, a majority of MSPs rejected a tenant rent support fund, a two-year rent freeze, more protection from eviction and radical proposals to waive rent arrears because of “extreme hardship”.
Earlier, SNP activists raised their concerns online, saying parliament should back Green party bids for a rent controls.Chris Stephens, SNP MP for Glasgow South West, added: “Agreed.