PERTE Industrialized Housing Subsidies 2026: What They Finance and How to Apply

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The construction sector has a direct public financing opportunity on the table. The Order VAU/1195/2026, published on November 10, 2026, establishes the regulatory bases that will govern the subsidy calls for the PERTE for Housing Industrialization, the strategic project approved by the Government in May 2025 to transform the residential construction model in Spain.

These bases do not yet open the call, but they set the rules of the game: what activities are financed, who can request the grants and under what legal framework they are awarded. Companies that want to access these funds must know them now to prepare their projects in advance.

What does this regulation establish?

The Order defines the general conditions under which the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda may call and award subsidies within the framework of the PERTE for Housing Industrialization. The key elements are:

Financeable activities

European legal framework

The grants are classified as state aid compatible with the internal market under two complementary regimes:

• EU Regulation 651/2014 (General Block Exemption Regulation): allows grants to be awarded without prior notification to the European Commission, provided that the thresholds and conditions of the regulation are met.
• De minimis regime: for smaller grants that do not distort competition.

The exemption from prior notification to Brussels significantly speeds up the granting timelines and reduces the administrative burden on the granting body.

Amendment to Order VAU/1186/2024

The regulation takes the opportunity to update the Order VAU/1186/2024 on architecture awards, modifying references to qualifying qualifications to adapt them to the current framework. This is a technical adjustment with no direct economic impact for companies in the construction sector.

Economic and operational impact

The publication of these regulatory bases is the necessary prior step to any subsidy call. Without approved bases, there can be no call. Its publication means that the first concrete calls can be launched at any time from now on.

For companies, the operational impact is twofold:

• Financing opportunity: R&D, innovation and certification projects that until now were financed with own resources or generic grants can now access a specific line for industrialized construction.
• Alignment with sustainability and energy efficiency: projects must be oriented towards these axes, which means that companies must review whether their current or future initiatives fit these criteria before submitting applications.

The entirely electronic processing reduces administrative costs but requires that companies have their digital signature systems and representation before the Administration operational.

Who does it affect?

• Construction companies that are developing or want to develop industrialized construction processes (prefabrication, modularization, job site digitalization).
• Technology companies that provide digital solutions, automation or management applied to the residential sector.
• Research centers (public or private) with work lines in materials, processes or industrialized construction systems.
• Housing developers that drive pilot or experimental development projects in industrialized construction.
• Component manufacturers that need to certify prefabricated or modular elements for commercialization.

Practical example

A medium-sized construction company is developing a system of prefabricated modules for collective housing. Until now it financed the certification process of these components with own resources, which meant a significant cost with no direct short-term return.

With the regulatory bases of the PERTE already published, this company can prepare a project for certification of industrialized components that fits the financeable activities. When the specific call is published (which may come in the coming months), it will have the technical and economic documentation ready to submit its subsidy application electronically, without needing to wait for Brussels to validate the grant thanks to the exemption from EU Regulation 651/2014.

Similarly, a technology center with a research line on energy efficiency applied to modular construction can structure its project as industrial research or experimental development, two of the expressly financeable categories.

What should companies do now?

1. Review if your activities fit into one of the four financeable categories: innovation in construction processes, industrial research, experimental development or certification of industrialized components.
2. Verify alignment with sustainability and energy efficiency: projects must demonstrate this approach to be eligible. If your project does not have it explicit, reformulate it before the call.
3. Prepare the technical and economic documentation of the project in advance: technical report, itemized budget, impact indicators. Calls usually have short deadlines.
4. Make sure you have electronic processing operational: digital certificate of representative, access to the electronic headquarters of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda.
5. Monitor the publication of the call in the BOE and on the Ministry's website. The bases are already approved; the call can come at any time.
6. Consult with a specialist advisor in state aid if your company could accumulate these subsidies with other public grants, to not exceed the limits of EU Regulation 651/2014 or the de minimis regime.

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Notice: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. For specific decisions, consult a qualified professional. Source: https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-23591