In the province of Málaga, 55,494 homes were created between 2021 and 2025, but only 29,119 houses were built, leaving 26,375 families without access to a home. The waiting list for VPO exceeds 17,000 registrations, and each offer receives thousands of applications.
The housing crisis in Málaga has become a structural problem affecting thousands of families. According to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and the Ministry of Housing, between 2021 and 2025, 55,494 homes were created in the province, but only 29,119 houses were built, covering 52.5% of the demand and leaving 26,375 families out of the market. The information, collected by Diario Sur, shows that Málaga is the seventh Spanish province with the highest housing deficit in relation to population growth.
The price per square metre in the capital already exceeds 3,000 euros, a rise that has not ceased in recent years. The Association of Builders and Promoters of Málaga estimates that the accumulated residential gap amounts to 70,000 homes not provided by the market, and warns that it will continue to increase because only half of the necessary houses are being built.
The waiting list to access a VPO reflects the magnitude of the problem. According to the records managed by the Málaga municipalities, there are 17,663 people formally registered in the VPO records of the Junta de Andalucía. In the capital, the active registrations are 3,591, but the real demand is much higher: in the last 13 offers of protected housing activated since 2024 by the City Council of Málaga and private developers, the average has been around 7,000 applications for rental projects (the highest had 8,979 applicants) and about 6,000 for VPO for sale, with a maximum of 11,862 requests in last year's final call.
The Municipal Housing Institute requires registration in the VPO demand register to participate in these calls, although it is sufficient to have submitted the registration application. The dozen offers activated in the last two years after a decade of drought has caused a collapse in the management of this list, with a large waiting list of families pending to formalise their registration, which requires verification of census data, income, and properties in each case.
The eviction of Maricarmen has brought a face to this drama and has triggered a citizen mobilization to demand urgent measures. The scarce supply against a growing demand, motivated by the appeal of the Málaga territory as a first or second residence, has no short-term solution.
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