Viviendas Municipales de Bilbao is a Local Autonomous Organisation attached to the Housing Area of Bilbao City Council, tasked with implementing municipal housing policy in Bilbao. 4 Its stated mission is to meet residents’ need for decent housing through social rental, with attention to energy efficiency and sustainability. 4
The organisation manages social-rental housing and works to expand Bilbao’s supply of homes and accommodation, while conserving, renovating and rehabilitating existing housing. 4 Its work also includes improving neighbourhoods, assisting tenants in hardship and supporting families at risk of social exclusion. 4 Its geographic scope is local: its housing activity is directed to the people and neighbourhoods of Bilbao. 4
Its institutional history dates to 1918, when the city established the Junta de Viviendas to build affordable homes and administer them as rentals. 4 In 1988, the organisation was renewed under the name Viviendas Municipales de Bilbao, initially encompassing two legally distinct entities. 4 The commercial company was dissolved in 2008, leaving the autonomous organisation as the city’s sole legal instrument for carrying out municipal housing policy. 4
The organisation’s governing body is its Consejo de Dirección; the page identifies Juan Mari Aburto as its ex officio president, Yolanda Díez Saiz as effective president, and Iñigo Villaroya Lozón as director general. 4 Its registered address is Calle Navarra 5, floors 5 and 6, Bilbao. 7