# Ministry of Housing (Spain)

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (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.
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 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. 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 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 | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Government | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Party | Government | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Ref. |
| | 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) | Franco V | | Francisco Franco (1939–1975) | [9] [10] |
| | José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona (1905–1977) | 21 April 1960 | 11 July 1962 | 9 years and 192 days | | National Movement (FET–JONS) | Franco V | | Francisco Franco (1939–1975) | [11] [12] [13] [14] |
| | José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona (1905–1977) | 11 July 1962 | 8 July 1965 | 9 years and 192 days | | National Movement (FET–JONS) | Franco VI | | Francisco Franco (1939–1975) | [11] [12] [13] [14] |
| | José María Martínez Sánchez-Arjona (1905–1977) | 8 July 1965 | 30 October 1969 | 9 years and 192 days | | National Movement (Nonpartisan) | Franco VII | | Francisco Franco (1939–1975) | [11] [12] [13] [14] |
| | Vicente Mortes (1921–1991) | 30 October 1969 | 12 June 1973 | 3 years and 225 days | | National Movement (Nonpartisan) | Franco VIII | | Francisco Franco (1939–1975) | |
| | José Utrera Molina (1926–2017) | 12 June 1973 | 31 December 1973 | 202 days | | National Movement (FET–JONS) | Carrero Blanco | | Luis Carrero Blanco (1973) | |
| | 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 | | Carlos Arias Navarro (1973–1976) | [19] [20] [21] |
| | Francisco Lozano Vicente (1922–2006) | 8 July 1976 | 5 July 1977 | 1 year and 205 days | | National Movement (Nonpartisan) | Suárez I | | Adolfo Suárez (1976–1981) | [19] [20] [21] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | 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 | Zapatero I | | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011) | [24] [25] |
| | Beatriz Corredor (born 1968) | 14 April 2008 | 21 October 2010 | 2 years and 190 days | | PSOE | Zapatero II | | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011) | [26] [27] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | Isabel Rodríguez García (born 1981) | 21 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 3 days | | PSOE | Sánchez III | | Pedro Sánchez (2018–present) | |