Starting tomorrow, the Government obliges communities to inform it of each payment they make regarding housing

The autonomous communities will be obliged, from this Saturday, to inform the Government of each payment, subsidy or procedure they carry out in housing matters.

This was published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda in the Official State Gazette (BOE) this Friday in an order that establishes the mechanisms for monitoring, control and evaluation of the actions of the State Housing Plan 2026-2030.

To achieve this control, the order establishes two mandatory telematic methods for reporting economic and management data. The first way is "event update transmission". This formula requires the autonomies to immediately notify the Ministry every time a relevant change occurs in the cash or in the files, for example, in the granting, modification or revocation of subsidies, the effective transfer of payments to beneficiaries and the registration of milestones in the works. The second way is the "monthly transmission", in which the communities must send a complete report with all the indicators of the month within the first five calendar days of the following month. Both channels will upload their information into a "single balanced scorecard" under the direct management of the Central Government.

One of the key points of regional control is the signing of mandatory official certifications by those responsible for each funded project. These accreditations serve to leave a written record of two fundamental requirements. On the one hand, they certify that officially protected housing built or acquired will maintain its public protection status indefinitely, without any possibility of future disqualification for its transfer to the free market. On the other hand, they guarantee that the delivery of these apartments will be channeled through the public registry of housing seekers or through public, objective and transparent tenders.

Regarding periodic monitoring, the communities will deliver quarterly progress reports before the end of the month following each quarter. They will detail the accumulated progress per helpline, the comparison with the initial objectives and the explanation of any deviation along with their solutions. Likewise, regional governments will send an annual evaluation report before January 31 of each fiscal year. This annual document requires, in compliance with the General Budget Law, a detailed audit of the subsidy inspections carried out by the regional ministries and general interventions. All this information will serve as a basis for the Housing Advisory Council's improvement proposals, while the General Directorate of Planning and Evaluation may publish aggregate execution data to be accountable to citizens.