Ministry of Housing (Spain)

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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda[1] (Spanish: Ministerio de la Vivienda y Agenda Urbana) is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on right to housing, buildings, urban planning, land use and architecture.

FormedFebruary 25, 1957; 69 years ago (1957-02-25)
Preceding agency
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Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda
Ministerio de la Vivienda y Agenda Urbana
Ministry of Housing building
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 25, 1957; 69 years ago (1957-02-25)
Preceding agency
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
Headquarters67, Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid, Spain
Annual budget 3.5 billion, 2026
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • David Lucas, Secretary of State
  • Llanos Castellanos, Under-Secretary
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This ministry existed in three different periods. The first one was during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The ministry was first established in 1957.[2] The aim was to create a class of home owners, leaving renting and delayed owning as an exception.[3] The second one during the democratic period, from 2004 to 2010, when Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced that the Ministry of Housing would be suppressed to reduce public spending.[4] The third period started in late 2023, when prime minister Pedro Sánchez re-established the department.

The current Housing Minister is, since 21 November 2023, Isabel Rodríguez García, who previously served as minister of Territorial Policy and Government spokesperson between 2021 and 2023.[5]

Structure

Organizational chart of the Spanish Ministry of Housing, February 2024

The Ministry is structured as follows:[6]

  • The Secretariat of State for Housing and Urban Agenda
    • The General Secretariat for Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture
      • The Directorate-General for Urban Agenda and Architecture
        • The Deputy Directorate-General for Urban Policies
        • The Deputy Directorate-General for Architecture and Building
      • The Directorate-General for Housing and Land
        • The Deputy Directorate-General for Housing Policy and Financial Assistance
        • The Deputy Directorate-General for Land, Information and Evaluation
      • The Directorate-General for Planning and Evaluation
        • The Deputy Directorate-General for Planning and Evaluation
  • The Undersecretariat
    • The Technical General Secretariat
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic and Services Coordination.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for General Affairs and Public Procedurement.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Human Resources and Inspection of Services.

Agencies

Budget

In millions of euros (€)
  1. Housing policy 3,439.5 (98.7%)
  2. Housing regulation and urban policy 37.2 (1.07%)
  3. Administration and general services 6.9 (0.20%)

For fiscal year 2023, extended to 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda has a consolidated budget of 3.5 billion.[7]

The budget can be divided in three main areas:[7]

  1. Housing policy (Programs 26BA, 26BB & 261N), covering the ministry’s main housing interventions, including residential rehabilitation, construction of social housing, and financial support to facilitate access to housing.
  2. Housing regulation and urban policy (261O & 261P), which funds activities related to building standards, architecture, urban planning and land policy.
  3. Administration and general services (261M), covering the Ministry’s central services and administrative structure.

In addition, Programme 000X (“Internal Transfers and Disbursements”) is excluded from the analysis, as it consists of transfers between public sector entities and would otherwise lead to double counting and distort the overall budget.

Audit

The Ministry's accounts, as well as those of its agencies, are internally audited by the Office of the Comptroller General of the State (IGAE), through a Delegated Comptroller's Office within the Department itself. Externally, the Court of Auditors is responsible for auditing expenditures.

Likewise, the Congress of Deputies and the Senate Committees on Housing and Urban Agenda, exercise political control over the accounts.

List of officeholders

Office name:

  • Ministry of Housing (1957–1977; 2004–2010)
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (2023–present)
More information Portrait, Name (Birth–Death) ...
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Government Prime Minister
(Tenure)
Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
José Luis de Arrese
(1905–1986)
25 February
1957
18 March
1960
3 years and 22 days National
Movement

(FET–JONS)
Franco V Francisco Franco

(1939–1975)
[8]
[9]
Pedro Gual Villalbí
(ordinary discharge of duties)

(1885–1968)
18 March
1960
21 April
1960
34 days National
Movement

(Nonpartisan)
[10]
[11]
José María Martínez
Sánchez-Arjona

(1905–1977)
21 April
1960
11 July
1962
9 years and 192 days National
Movement

(FET–JONS)
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
11 July
1962
8 July
1965
Franco VI
8 July
1965
30 October
1969
National
Movement

(Nonpartisan)
Franco VII
Vicente Mortes
(1921–1991)
30 October
1969
12 June
1973
3 years and 225 days National
Movement

(Nonpartisan)
Franco VIII [16]
José Utrera Molina
(1926–2017)
12 June
1973
31 December
1973
202 days National
Movement

(FET–JONS)
Carrero Blanco Luis Carrero Blanco

(1973)
[17]
Luis Rodríguez de Miguel
(1910–1982)
4 January
1974
12 December
1975
1 year and 342 days National
Movement

(Nonpartisan)
Arias Navarro I Carlos Arias Navarro

(1973–1976)
[18]
[19]
Francisco Lozano Vicente
(1922–2006)
12 December
1975
5 July
1976
1 year and 205 days National
Movement

(Nonpartisan)
Arias Navarro II [20]
[21]
[22]
8 July
1976
5 July
1977
Suárez I Adolfo Suárez

(1976–1981)
Office disestablished during this interval.[a]
María Antonia Trujillo
(born 1960)
18 April
2004
9 July
2007
3 years and 82 days PSOE Zapatero I José Luis
Rodríguez Zapatero


(2004–2011)
[23]
[24]
Carme Chacón
(1971–2017)
9 July
2007
14 April
2008
280 days PSC–PSOE [25]
[26]
Beatriz Corredor
(born 1968)
14 April
2008
21 October
2010
2 years and 190 days PSOE Zapatero II [27]
[28]
Office disestablished during this interval.[b]
Isabel Rodríguez
(born 1981)
21 November
2023
Incumbent 2 years, 259 days PSOE Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez

(2018–present)
[29]
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Notes

  1. The department's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Public Works between 1977 and 2004.
  2. The department's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Development between 2010 and 2023.

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