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Madrid Unveils 2026–27 Housing Plan to Deliver 14,000 Affordable Rentals

A 15‑measure package centers on faster approvals to expand protected housing.

Overview

  • Regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso launched the Plan de Choque 2026–2027, expanding Plan Vive to 14,000 affordable rentals across more than twenty municipalities, with 4,875 homes already delivered and 3,495 under construction.
  • The government created a new Directorate General for Aid and Access to Housing to speed applications and support participation in public programs.
  • Regulatory changes will allow 20% higher residential density and 10% more buildability on protected-housing plots without changing municipal plans, and will permit one parking space per home to lower construction costs.
  • Land-use rules expand to enable protected housing on sites zoned for hotels and on private dotational land, building on an offices‑to‑housing policy that has prompted 3,679 protected units requested so far (Madrid 2,968; San Sebastián de los Reyes 571) with 170 of 179 municipalities applying the rule.
  • The package includes the proposed LIDER law to cut municipal planning timelines to four to six years, a public‑private consortium in Leganés for 4,300 homes, 1,000 additional units for under‑35s to reach 5,500, 500 more AVS homes for vulnerable families, and an expanded Mi Primera Vivienda that raises the age limit to 50 and adds new builds.