Visesa is a publicly owned housing and land company of the Basque Government, established to help implement regional housing policy. It promotes protected public housing for rent, manages land, and works on housing rehabilitation and urban renewal, including the recovery of obsolete urban spaces.24
The company was created in 1990 and began operating in 1992.711 Its registered office and central office are in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, with additional public-facing offices in Bilbao and Donostia/San Sebastián.411 Visesa’s activities cover the Basque Country, where it coordinates with the regional housing department and other public and private organisations.711
Its work includes developing public rental housing and improving existing homes and infrastructure, with attention to accessibility, energy efficiency and sustainability.712 The organisation’s reported delivery of more than 16,000 homes since operations began illustrates the scale of its role in the region’s housing sector.11 Current activity also includes innovation in public housing: the supplied website excerpt reports Visesa’s participation in TRUEHOME, a Horizon Europe-funded initiative focused on affordable housing, and describes housing projects in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bermeo and Andoain.
The Basque Government directory lists Carlos Quindós Fernández as Visesa’s Director General from June 2024.4 I found no verifiable official LinkedIn company page or Instagram profile in the sources reviewed.