The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda"Practical information for the EU Presidency meetings at the Ministry of Housing." Ministry of Housing. Retrieved 14 February 2012. () 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.
This ministry existed in three different periods. The first one was during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The ministry was first established in 1957. The aim was to create a class of home owners, leaving renting and delayed owning as an exception. 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.Goodman, Al. "Embattled Zapatero shuffles Spanish cabinet." CNN. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2012. 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.
Structure
The Ministry is structured as follows: 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 CASA 47 The House of Architecture (national museum)
Budget For fiscal year 2023, extended to 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda has a consolidated budget of €3.5 billion.
The budget can be divided in three main areas:
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. Housing regulation and urban policy (261O & 261P), which funds activities related to building standards, architecture, urban planning and land policy. 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)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Prime Minister José Luis de Arrese 1957 1960 NationalMovement Franco VFrancisco Franco Pedro Gual Villalbí 1960 1960 NationalMovement José María MartínezSánchez-Arjona 1960 1962 NationalMovement 1962 1965 Franco VI 1965 1969 NationalMovement Franco VII Vicente Mortes 1969 1973 NationalMovement Franco VIII José Utrera Molina 1973 1973 NationalMovement Carrero Blanco Luis Carrero Blanco Luis Rodríguez de Miguel 1974 1975 NationalMovement Arias Navarro I Carlos Arias Navarro Francisco Lozano Vicente 1975 1976 NationalMovement Arias Navarro II 1976 1977 Suárez I Adolfo Suárez María Antonia Trujillo 2004 2007 PSOE Zapatero I José LuisRodríguez Zapatero Carme Chacón 2007 2008 PSC–PSOE Beatriz Corredor 2008 2010 PSOE Zapatero II Isabel Rodríguez 2023 Incumbent PSOE Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez
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References
External links Arquitectura y política de vivienda - Ministry of Public Works Ministry of Housing (Archive) Ministry of Housing (Archive)