Plan Vive in November 2026: Moralzarzal Opens Registration. Requirements, Rents and How to Apply for Affordable Housing in Madrid

If you are looking for an affordable rental in the Madrid region, November 2026 is a month to keep your calendar close. The 80 Plan Vive homes in Moralzarzal are due to open their registration list this month, other developments expect to do so before the end of the year, and a law and a regulation that will reshape protected housing over the coming years are moving forward.

We have gathered what is known as of 20 October 2026, using data from the Comunidad de Madrid, the BOCM (the regional official gazette), the BOE (Spain's official state gazette), Moralzarzal and Madrid town councils and the local press: requirements, rents, how to apply, which developments have dates and what to watch so you don't miss a deadline. Where a date is not confirmed, we say so.

What Plan Vive is and what the rent costs

Plan Vive is the Madrid regional government's programme to increase the supply of affordable rental housing: the region provides public land, and private companies build and manage the homes under a concession. According to its official website, it plans 16,500 homes, around 10,000 are being tendered, built or allocated, and 6,530 had been handed over by September 2026.

There is no single waiting list: each development has its own list of applicants, run by the concession company on its website. There are two regimes. VPPB homes (vivienda con protección pública para arrendamiento de precio básico, basic-price protected rental housing) have the lowest rents; VPPL homes (precio limitado, limited-price) have somewhat higher rents and a higher income ceiling. The limits are measured with the IPREM, the public income indicator used for many benefits, which in 2026 remains at €8,400 a year over 14 payments, according to the OCU (Spain's consumer organisation).

In the BOCM notices published in 2026, rents range from about €546 a month for a one-bedroom flat in Aranjuez to about €1,169 for a three-bedroom flat in Moralzarzal. Depending on the development, service charges are added (up to 18% of the rent in Moralzarzal and Villalbilla), as well as the IBI (council property tax) and local fees. In Moralzarzal, Villalbilla and Arganda del Rey, every home comes with a parking space and a storage room.

Plan Vive requirements in 2026

They are set by Decree 84/2020, amended by Decree 31/2026 of 8 April, in force since its publication in the BOCM on 9 April. Each development spells them out in its own rules:

• Be of legal age or an emancipated minor, with Spanish nationality or legal residence in Spain.
• Use the home as your habitual and permanent residence.
• No member of the household may own or have the use of another home in Spain (a share of up to 50% of an inherited home, for example, does not count).
• Household income between 1.5 and 5.5 times the IPREM for basic-price homes, or up to 7.5 times for limited-price homes: from €12,600 to €46,200 or €63,000 a year, based on the income tax (IRPF) tax base and adjusted with a coefficient for household size.
• The annual rent, including recharged costs, must not exceed 35% of net income.
• Be registered on the padrón (municipal register of residents) or work in the Madrid region. Priority goes to those with five years in the municipality; if homes are left over, to those with ten years in the region and then everyone else.

Note the transitional rule: in developments that are finished or under construction, anyone on the list before 31 December 2026 needs three years in the municipality instead of five (or five in the region instead of ten). The Moralzarzal notice mentions five years, so if you have between three and five, ask the concession company before ruling yourself out.

Registration on the list of applicants will be valid for three years.

Decree 31/2026 of 8 April, amending article 4 of Decree 84/2020 (our translation)

How to apply for Plan Vive step by step

1. Find the development on the official Plan Vive website. Each page shows its phase and registration channel; if it says ‘próximamente’ (coming soon), there is no list yet.
2. Read the rules on the concession company's website: regime, rents, charges, quotas and required length of residence.
3. Run your numbers with your latest income tax return and check the 35% rule.
4. Register online as soon as the list opens. In the developments we reviewed, homes are allocated in order of registration, respecting priorities and quotas.
5. When your turn comes, you will have five working days to prove you meet the requirements and then a maximum of ten working days to sign the contract and pay the deposit.
6. If you are not allocated a home, you stay on the list for three years; the company may ask you to confirm your interest every quarter and will remind you to renew.

Moralzarzal: 80 homes with registration in November 2026

The two developments in Moralzarzal total 80 VPPL homes with two and three bedrooms. The concession company, AVG Capital Management 12, announced their marketing in the BOCM on 27 May 2026, with registration estimated for November; the town council confirmed it on 1 June and the local press in the Sierra de Guadarrama reported it days later. As of 20 October, we have not found a specific day announced.

Sources: BOCM no. 124, 27 May 2026, and Moralzarzal Town Council (1 June 2026). Service charges of up to 18% of the rent, IBI and pro-rated local fees are added; the rent is reviewed every January in line with the CPI.

Registration will be online only, on each development's page at alquilerasequible.com. The first tenants are expected to move in around the first quarter of 2027. Do the 35% sum first: with a rent of €783 and, in the worst case, 18% in service charges, you would pay around €924 a month, which requires a net household income of at least €31,700 a year, not counting IBI or fees (our own rough calculation).

Other Plan Vive developments with dates

Sources: BOCM of 3 March, 25 March and 27 May 2026; Merca2 (24 July 2026) for the developer's forecast. Rents as published in the BOCM, excluding charges, and may since have been updated. Aranjuez, Villalbilla and Navalcarnero have completed construction, with handover expected in early 2027.

As of 20 October we have not been able to confirm that Aranjuez and Villalbilla have opened their lists, so it is worth checking their pages every few days. The Plan Vive website also lists Daganzo de Arriba (174 homes), Humanes de Madrid (50) and Torrejón de la Calzada (143) as being marketed. Alcobendas (756), Arroyomolinos (365), Loeches (295) and Valdemoro (150) are still under construction, with registration marked ‘coming soon’.

The law for 18,000 protected homes: where it stands

The urgent measures law that was talked about in April is now in force: it is Law 2/2026 of 11 June on urgent measures to increase the supply of publicly protected housing. The Madrid Regional Assembly passed it in early June, it was published in the BOCM on 15 June and has applied since the 16th. According to the regional government, it would make up to 18,000 new publicly protected homes possible. Its main measures:

• Up to 20% more buildable floor area and 30% more density on undeveloped plots for protected housing, without amending the land-use plan.
• Protected rental housing on office, hotel or private facility plots, and more time for the office conversions allowed by Law 3/2024.
• Temporary accommodation on empty industrial plots in residential areas, which cannot be used as a habitual residence.
• Faster procedures: if certain reports do not arrive within three months, planning can go ahead.

Town councils had four months from the law's entry into force to agree in a full council meeting not to apply, or to limit, the extra floor area and the temporary accommodation. Counting from 16 June, that period ended in mid-October 2026; since then there are two years to apply for building permits and three years to finish each project from its start. For anyone looking for a flat today, this law brings no homes in the coming weeks: its effect, if it comes, will be seen over the next few years.

The new protected housing regulation: status and dates

The regional government is also drafting a decree regulating publicly protected housing, which will replace the current regulation, Decree 74/2009. It defines the types of protected housing, how they are classified and their legal regime, and aims to speed up procedures with self-declarations (declaraciones responsables). Its timetable, according to the Transparency Portal:

Sources: the draft's page on the Comunidad de Madrid Transparency Portal (consulted in October 2026) and the regulatory impact assessment report (December 2025).

Until it is approved and published, the current rules apply. According to the December 2025 report, the general protection period stays at 15 years and homes developed by the regional government will be protected indefinitely. The text may still change.

City of Madrid: EMVS draws

In the city of Madrid, public rental homes from the EMVS (Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo, the city's housing company) are drawn among those on its Registro Permanente de Solicitantes de Vivienda (permanent register of housing applicants). The last draw from that register was on 27 May 2026: 290 homes, 189 of them in Vicálvaro, and only those registered before the cut-off date at the end of April could take part. Since 2019 the City Council has allocated 5,088 homes, and the rent never exceeds 30% of household income.

As of 20 October 2026, we have not found any EMVS draw with a date announced for the coming weeks. Since draws are announced at short notice, the useful step is to register now or check that your registration is still valid. According to the EMVS allocation rules, you need:

• Income of up to 3.5 times the weighted IPREM (about €44,000 gross a year for a couple with two children, according to the City Council).
• One continuous year on the Madrid padrón, three of the last five years, or two years working in the city.
• No other home in Spain, and not be a tenant of public housing.
• Registration lasts four years and you must confirm you wish to stay on before it expires; the register sends a reminder three months in advance.

Tips so you don't miss a deadline

• In November, check the pages of the developments you are interested in every few days: dates are ‘estimated’ and can shift.
• Register on day one: with Plan Vive, a few days' delay can cost you many places.
• Have your DNI or NIE (Spanish ID or foreigner's identity number), padrón certificate showing length of residence, tax return and proof of income ready: you will only have five working days.
• If you have been in the municipality for three to five years, register before 31 December 2026 for developments that are finished or under construction.
• Answer the concession company's notices and think carefully before turning down a home: in both cases you could be removed from the list.
• In the city of Madrid, check your EMVS registration today: only those registered before the cut-off date enter each draw.

How we do it at Llavely

Affordable and protected housing is worth pursuing and nothing we do replaces it: if you meet the requirements, sign up for the lists that suit you. But the lists have quotas and waiting times, and in the meantime most tenants keep searching on the private market. For that search, Llavely is already another route.

Llavely is renting the other way round: tenants create their verified profile once, with their identity and income checked (if anything doesn’t add up, a member of our team reviews it), and it is landlords and agencies who invite them to view their property. It is free for tenants, landlords and agencies, with every feature; for tenants, it is always free.

Rentals are already open in the provinces of Madrid and Barcelona: if you are looking for a flat, create your profile for free. In the rest of Spain there is a waiting list: sign up with your areas and we will email you when we open there. And if you want to sell a home in the Madrid region, we already do that, for 2.5% + VAT only if it sells: request your free valuation.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

1. Plan Vive (Comunidad de Madrid, consulted on 20 October 2026)
2. Notice of the start of marketing of 80 affordable rental homes in Moralzarzal, Plan Vive 3 (BOCM no. 124, 27 May 2026)
3. Plan Vive homes in Moralzarzal: marketing in November (Moralzarzal Town Council, 1 June 2026)
4. Plan Vive homes in Moralzarzal will open for marketing in November 2026 (La Voz de la Sierra, 3 June 2026)
5. Notice of the start of marketing of 400 affordable rental homes in Aranjuez, Plan Vive 3 (BOCM no. 71, 25 March 2026)
6. Notice of the start of marketing of 226 affordable rental homes in Villalbilla, Plan Vive 3 (BOCM no. 71, 25 March 2026)
7. Notice of the start of marketing of 210 affordable rental homes in Arganda del Rey, Plan Vive III (BOCM no. 52, 3 March 2026)
8. Aedas completes its Plan Vive work: 1,000 affordable rental flats in Madrid (Merca2, 24 July 2026)
9. Decree 31/2026 of 8 April of the Governing Council, amending Decree 84/2020 of 7 October (BOCM no. 83, 9 April 2026)
10. Law 2/2026 of 11 June on urgent measures to increase the supply of publicly protected housing, consolidated text (BOE)
11. The Comunidad de Madrid paves the way for 18,000 new publicly protected homes (Comunidad de Madrid, 4 June 2026)
12. Draft decree regulating publicly protected housing in the Comunidad de Madrid, procedure page (Comunidad de Madrid Transparency Portal)
13. Regulatory impact assessment report for the draft Regulation on Publicly Protected Housing (Comunidad de Madrid, December 2025)
14. Madrid City Council has allocated more than 5,000 affordable rental homes since 2019 (Diario de Madrid, Madrid City Council, 27 May 2026)
15. Regulation for the allocation of EMVS homes (Madrid City Council, open data portal)
16. Minimum wage and IPREM in 2026 (OCU, 20 February 2026)