Dubliners on the social housing waiting list may be offered a grant to relocate to rural Ireland.
Dublin City Council voted in favour of reintroducing the Rural Resettlement Programme in a bid to tackle the homelessness crisis.
The scheme was suspended in 2012, but previously helped 800 families move outside of Dublin.
Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan says she believes there's people who would be willing to move from the capital, as long as there's affordable services such as childcare available.
She told Newstalk Breakfast: "There was a system in place where effectively if somebody chose to move from Dublin down the country they would receive a small amount of financial assistance from the Government.
"That was suspended some time ago, and the motion that was passed effectively asks for that to be restarted."
She added: "What we are suggesting is that we need more urban centres - places like Sligo, Letterkenny, Clifden for example. [They're] areas where there's already a settlement of people, and already a lot of infrastructure."
Last year, the Government announced a pilot scheme aimed at developing "innovative proposals" to encourage more people to live in rural towns and villages.
As part of the scheme, six towns will receive funding of up to €100,000 to "engage with their communities and local businesses" to figure out "practical solutions".
