The Conservatives and SNP have been criticised for failing to take action to lower housing rents in Aberdeen.
North-east Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald said he was disappointed the two parties refused to back plans to limit rent reviews to once a year and cap how much rents could rise by.
The Labour amendment in the Housing (Scotland) Bill was rejected.
Mr Macdonald said: “The average rent in Aberdeen is now £1,066 compared to just £699 in the rest of the country.
“Our proposals would have offered some relief to the 17,000 private renters in Aberdeen who are struggling with the spiralling rents.
“People who are finding themselves forced to choose between heating their homes or paying for the weekly shop in order to find the money for the rent.”
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine SNP MSP Maureen Watt said the Scottish Government had made clear that it was looking at further reform of the private rented sector.
“The fact that Labour has asked for major legislative change without publishing any evidence or undertaking any consultation shows that this is nothing but empty posturing on their part,” she added.
Conservative housing spokesman Alex Johnstone claimed Labour had tabled a “simplistic, albeit well-meaning proposal” that did not bear up to scrutiny.
“According to one letting agents representative body, average rent rises in Scotland have been below the rate of inflation for eight years,” said the north-east MSP.
“Labour’s proposal would therefore have done absolutely nothing to cap rent increases, and might even have back-fired if landlords tried to ‘future-proof’ their rents against new legislation.”
The Housing (Scotland) Bill, which was backed by MSPs by 103 votes to 12, contained provision to scrap the right to buy council houses in two years.
Housing Minister Margaret Burgess said the new law would prevent the sale of up to 15,500 social houses over the next ten years, easing pressure on waiting lists.
But the Tories said it marked the end of one of the most socially liberating policies of modern times, which allowed thousands of working class families get a foot on the property ladder for the first time.