The government voted against the plans including Treasury Minister Deputy Elaine Millar, who said introducing the tax relief for homeowners would not help the people who needed it most.
She said: “It’s worth a relatively small amount of money, the maximum amount of money people can get is less than £400, so it’s not a vast amount of money.
“Generally it benefits those people who are already better off who have mortgages, the bigger your mortgage the more benefit you get, it does nothing for renters, it doesn’t help people on lower incomes.”
When asked why landlords were still getting mortgage relief, Millar replied: “That is something that is subject to a consultation and is under review, and a recommendation will come to the council of ministers in January.
“Yes I accept it looks unfair, but it is unfair giving homeowners money and not to people in rental accommodation.”