Provivienda through the Rental Mediation Programme mediates between property owners and individuals experiencing difficulties accessing housing, to open up opportunities in the rental market that would not otherwise be available.
Established in 1989, the non-profit organisation’s initial work focussed on ensuring that young people had access to rental housing, and the methodology was later adapted to meet the needs of other groups at risk of social exclusion. In 2010, Provivienda was directly involved in 32 different projects in five regions of Spain, housing a total of 11,968 people and providing 1,891 mortgages to young people.
In the last 20 years, the programme has housed 87,000 people and has been scaled up within the autonomous region of Madrid and extended to other regions, where it is currently operating within 25 municipal authorities.
