The Sectoral Conference on Housing and Urban Agenda held this morning in Madrid has approved the State Housing Plan 2026-2030 (PEV), with a total investment of 7 billion euros. Of this amount, 60% (4.2 billion) will be contributed by the ministry and the remaining 40% (2.8 billion) by the autonomous communities. The Government of Spain and the autonomous communities and cities have reached an agreement after almost a year of work in this morning’s meeting, despite some disagreements from the autonomous communities.
In a press conference, the Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez, expressed her satisfaction with the consensus reached and stated that, for this plan, she has been in contact “not only with the regions and municipalities, but also with civil society, agents, operators and the entire real estate sector” and has listened to their proposals, so that “as soon as possible, these 7 billion euros become a reality.” She highlighted that at least 40% of these funds “must be allocated to expanding the supply of affordable housing throughout the country.” Rodríguez expects the effects of this State Housing Plan “to begin to unfold during the second half of the year in all territories.”
On their side, the autonomous communities with PP governments, such as Madrid and the Balearic Islands, have chosen to support this plan and vote in favor, although they consider that “it has been developed behind the backs of the autonomous communities, so we found out through its publication in the Official State Gazette.” The Housing Councillor of Madrid, Jorge Rodrigo, indicated that the ministry and Sánchez’s government “want to impose their ideological agenda and their disastrous housing policies on the communities” and advanced that the PP communities “reserve the right to file the pertinent appeals in each of our regions.”
Similarly, his counterpart in the Balearic Islands, also from the Popular Party, José Luis Mateo, emphasized that they add their ‘yes’ to this initiative “out of responsibility, since the citizens of the islands cannot wait any longer” and highlighted that, with the PEV, the State triples its investment in housing, while “the Balearic Government multiplies its own by seven.”
Minister Rodríguez expects the effects to be visible in the second half of 2026
Based on the established distribution criteria, the territories receiving the largest amounts in this PEV are Andalusia (1.197 billion), Madrid (1.113 billion), and Catalonia, with 1.015 billion. In the latter case, the State provides 609 million in funding and the Generalitat, the other 406 million. On the other side of the scale, the community receiving the least funding from the PEV is La Rioja, with a total of 119 million.
The minister highlighted the fundamental aspects of the plan, such as the permanent protection of housing “so that all this effort of billions of euros that we are making now does not disappear within ten or thirty years, but must become part of the heritage of the Spanish citizens,” something that pleases her Government partner, Sumar. Rodríguez concluded by saying that, in this way, public housing “will never again be sold to the highest bidder, to speculation or to vulture funds.”
And she pointed out that the PEV allows expanding the Spanish residential stock through more construction, but also thanks to putting existing housing on the market at affordable prices.
There will be permanent housing protection “to prevent its sale to the highest bidder”
The Housing official added that transparency channels and anti-fraud clauses are being implemented “to guarantee transparent processes in the allocation of public housing.” Furthermore, the plan lays the foundations to implement “effective policies that provide life opportunities” also to citizens in rural areas.
This PEV, until 2030, establishes that 40% of its funds should be allocated to construction, 30% to rehabilitation, and another 30% to special aid for the so-called ‘tensioned zones,’ as well as to promote the industrialization of construction and for sectors of society such as young people, women victims of gender violence, and vulnerable people.
The Housing minister also recalled that there has been intense dialogue “from day one, following the directive of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, at the Conference of Presidents, held in Barcelona last June, to draft a plan, the result of a country agreement.”
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