Ministry of Housing (Spain)

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda^[2] (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.

Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda

Ministerio de la Vivienda y Agenda Urbana
Ministry of Housing building
Agency overview
Formed	February 25, 1957; 68 years ago (1957-02-25)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Development
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Headquarters	67, Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid, Spain
Annual budget	€ 3.5 billion , 2024[1]
Minister responsible	Isabel Rodríguez García, Minister
Agency executives	David Lucas Parrón, Secretary of State Llanos Castellanos, Under-Secretary

This ministry existed in three different periods. The first one was during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The ministry was first established in 1957.^[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

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 Soil
      • The Deputy Directorate-General for Housing Policy and Aid
      • The Deputy Directorate-General for Soil, 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 Contracting.
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Human Resources and Services Inspection.

Agencies

• Public Company for Land Management (SEPES)
• The House of Architecture (national museum)

List of officeholders

Office name:

• Ministry of Housing (1957–1977; 2004–2010)
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (2023–present)

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)	[7] [8]
	Pedro Gual Villalbí (ordinary discharge of duties) (1885–1968)	18 March 1960	21 April 1960	34 days		National Movement (Nonpartisan)				[9] [10]
	José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona (1905–1977)	21 April 1960	11 July 1962	9 years and 192 days		National Movement (FET–JONS)				[11] [12] [13] [14]
		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			[15]
	José Utrera Molina (1926–2017)	12 June 1973	31 December 1973	202 days		National Movement (FET–JONS)	Carrero Blanco		Luis Carrero Blanco (1973)	[16]
	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)	[17] [18]
	Francisco Lozano Vicente (1922–2006)	12 December 1975	5 July 1976	1 year and 205 days		National Movement (Nonpartisan)	Arias Navarro II			[19] [20] [21]
		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)	[22] [23]
	Carme Chacón (1971–2017)	9 July 2007	14 April 2008	280 days		PSC–PSOE				[24] [25]
	Beatriz Corredor (born 1968)	14 April 2008	21 October 2010	2 years and 190 days		PSOE	Zapatero II			[26] [27]
Office disestablished during this interval.[b]
	Isabel Rodríguez García (born 1981)	21 November 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 181 days		PSOE	Sánchez III		Pedro Sánchez (2018–present)	[28]

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.