Protected housing guides
Protected housing in Spain is explained in decrees, not in plain words. Here we translate it: what it is, whether you can apply, how homes are allocated and what you can do if you already own one. Every guide cites the official source behind each statement.
Last reviewed: 6 October 2026 · 26 guides
Can I apply?
- What protected housing is (and why every region calls it something different)6 min
- How much you can earn and still apply for protected housing (VPO)8 min
- Requirements to apply for protected housing (VPO), region by region9 min
- Protected housing for under-35s: programmes, quotas and guarantees8 min
- VPPB and VPPL: Madrid's two types of protected housing6 min
- What is a price-assessed home (VPT)?6 min
- VPA: protected housing in Asturias5 min
Registering and applying
The draw and what comes after
- How a protected home is allocated: draw, points scale and quotas7 min
- A protected housing draw, step by step, with its deadlines8 min
- When the list of admitted applicants for a VPO comes out, and how to claim if you are not on it8 min
- How long it takes to get a protected home8 min
- How a draw works and what your chances are
What it costs
I already own one
- Selling or renting out your VPO, or de-qualifying it: what you can do and when7 min
- Selling a protected home: maximum price, authorisation and time limits8 min
- Valuing a VPO: why it cannot exceed the maximum price7 min
- De-qualifying a protected home: what it means and when you can7 min
- Inheriting a protected home: what happens to the protection6 min
- Renting out a protected home: when you can and when it is an offence6 min
Would you rather start with your own case?
The eligibility test applies your region's rules to your numbers in two minutes, without signing up, and tells you which decree each limit comes from.
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