Labour leader Andrew Little’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill is on its way to becoming law, but it will not get there before the election.
The Bill, which the Government opposes, requires minimum standards to be set for heating, insulation, ventilation and drainage in rental homes.
It passed its second reading by 60 votes to 59 on Wednesday night and has two more stages to go - committee and third reading.
There is only one more member’s day before Parliament is dissolved on August 22 and Bills cannot go through more than one stage in a day.
Its fate will rest with the next parliament.
The general election will be held on September 23.
