Móstoles Accelerates Housing Development with Over 13,000 New Homes
Madrid, March 14, 2026 – Móstoles, the second-most populous city in the Community of Madrid, is embarking on a significant urban expansion that will see the construction of over 13,000 new homes. This ambitious undertaking is being fast-tracked by the Community of Madrid’s Urban Accelerator, which has declared three key urban plans in Móstoles as strategic and priority developments.
The Community of Madrid has experienced an unstoppable growth in population, with an almost 7 percent increase since 2019, compared to 4 percent for the rest of Spain. In the last year alone, the region reached 7.1 million inhabitants, a 2 percent increase from 2024, with 135,316 new residents. One in five new residents in Spain chooses the Community of Madrid as their home. This growth is particularly evident in the southern metropolitan area, encompassing municipalities such as Móstoles, Leganés, Getafe, and Fuenlabrada, all preparing for an anticipated influx of one million new residents in the coming decade.
Urban Accelerator Prioritizes Key Projects
The Urban Accelerator of the Community of Madrid, established in December by the government led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, aims to simplify bureaucratic procedures and generate more land for housing in the region. It centralizes the request for mandatory sectoral reports associated with territorial planning, processing them simultaneously and automatically to significantly reduce management times. This initiative has recently deemed two urban plans in Móstoles of “special relevance,” paving the way for the construction of more than 12,000 homes by the 2030s. An additional plan, which received the same prioritization weeks earlier, will add another thousand homes, some of which could be completed within the next five years.
Details of the Housing Developments
In total, the three urban projects in Móstoles that have passed through the Community of Madrid’s Urban Accelerator will contribute over 13,000 new homes. Crucially, more than 60 percent of these will be under some form of public protection, facilitating access for young people, families, and vulnerable groups.
The two most recently prioritized plans will specifically deliver 12,041 new homes, with over 4,500 designated as publicly protected housing. These developments will activate more than two million square meters of urbanizable land, incorporating green areas, local commerce, essential facilities, and public spaces to create integrated new neighborhoods within the city.
- Partial Plan SUS R1: Covering approximately 1,305,138 square meters, this plan is one of the most significant residential initiatives in Móstoles in recent decades. It proposes 9,538 homes, with 3,371 being protected, aiming to provide affordable housing and help moderate prices. The area boasts good accessibility, road infrastructure, and public transport, and is designed as an energy-efficient environment.
- Partial Plan SUS R4: Located south of Móstoles, this plan spans 713,811 square meters and will develop 2,503 homes, of which 1,158 will be Publicly Protected Housing (VPP). This figure could increase by an additional 372 if certain local network plots are allocated for public housing.
- Plan SUNC 4: This plan, previously declared of “special relevance,” will add over a thousand more homes to Móstoles, also receiving preferential bureaucratic treatment.
Timeline and Economic Impact
According to sources from the Móstoles City Council, the urbanization projects could be ready within the next municipal term, between 2027 and 2031. The first thousand homes from Moinsa are expected to be built within the next five years, with the remaining homes from plans R1 and R4 ready from the eighth year onwards.
Móstoles Mayor, Manuel Bautista (Partido Popular), emphasized that “housing creation is part of this Government’s priority roadmap.” In addition to the new constructions, the mayor highlighted modifications to local ordinances to permit the conversion of commercial premises into housing. This initiative aims to strike a balance between protecting the municipality’s commercial areas and making inactive premises available for residential use. “Our goal is to leverage all available resources to expand housing supply and meet the growing demand in Móstoles,” Bautista stated.
The industrial park spanning over two million square meters, adjacent to these new developments, has already been named Madrid Puerta Oeste, signaling further economic growth and infrastructure development in the region.
Source: https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/sur-madrid-empuja-fuerte-mostoles-acelera-13000-20260313020349-nt.html
