provivienda

What provivienda does

Provivienda is a Spanish nonprofit association founded in 1989 and headquartered in Madrid, declared of public utility, that operates as a non-profit housing intermediary and social intervention provider. The organization delivers housing mediation services (Bolsas de Vivienda) that match vulnerable individuals and families with private property owners, offering owners rent guarantees, tenant selection, contract management, and insurance while providing beneficiaries with social accompaniment, anti-discrimination support, and pathways to housing autonomy. Its core program portfolio includes Housing First and Housing Led models for homeless individuals, the Zaguán program for youth emancipation from child protection systems, the ETXEZAIN service for elderly housing autonomy, and the Programa de Promoción de la No Discriminación Residencial for migrants and refugees.

The organization's technology stack centers on social-work methodology rather than software products. Notable proprietary assets include ViValor (a tool to measure social return on investment of housing interventions), Vera App (a diagnostic and monitoring application for residential exclusion situations), the Observatorio de la Vivienda Asequible (an online data observatory publishing statistics on housing affordability, youth emancipation, and homelessness in Spain), and SROI / Theory of Change frameworks adapted from Lumvra. These tools feed into grant reporting, policy advocacy, and program evaluation rather than commercial productization; the organization has no public APIs, SDKs, or developer-facing platform.

Provivienda's business model is a hybrid of donations, public grants, and contract-funded managed services. Individual and corporate donations carry Spanish tax deductions (80% on the first €250, 40%–75% above that), while the majority of operating scale is derived from government grants and public contracts spanning the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Junta de Andalucía, Gobierno de Canarias, Comunidad de Madrid, Xunta de Galicia, multiple municipalities, the European Union (Next Generation EU, FAMI), Swiss-Europe Rapid Response, and private philanthropy (Fundación la Caixa). The association operates 16 local offices across 15 autonomous communities, executes 115 social projects, manages 75,500+ dwellings, and reaches a cumulative 179,000+ persons housed since 1989, with 45,200 persons attended and 7,100+ housed in 2025 alone. Services to vulnerable beneficiaries are provided free of charge; property owner services are also free, funded indirectly through public partnerships.

Name

provivienda

Legal name

PROVIVIENDA

Website

https://provivienda.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Provivienda is a Madrid-based nonprofit association founded in 1989 that operates across 15 Spanish autonomous communities to provide affordable housing mediation, Housing First programs, and social accompaniment services to vulnerable individuals, funded by government grants, EU funds, and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Housing Services

NAICS

Other Community Housing Services (624229), Administration of Housing Programs (925110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization Housing Programs (FSALAKAO)

Keywords

• Affordable housing mediation
• Housing First programs
• Residential social support
• Housing anti-discrimination services
• Housing policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual and corporate donations with tax deductions (80% for first 250€, 40% for excess, up to 75% for loyal donors). Major source of funding for operations.
2. Government Grants and Subsidies: Substantial funding from public administrations including Ministry of Rights Social and Agenda 2030, Junta de Andalucía, Gobierno de Canarias, various municipalities, and EU funds (Next Generation EU, FAMI). Multiple project-specific grants.
3. Housing Management Services: Free mediation and management services for property owners through housing bags/rental housing stock programs. Services include tenant selection, contract management, rent guarantee, and insurance. Funded by public partnerships.
4. Social Housing Programs: Management of temporary housing, Housing First, and Housing Led programs for vulnerable populations, funded through public contracts and grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Provivienda manages affordable rental housing and mediates between vulnerable tenants and property owners. It delivers Housing First and Housing Led programs, social accompaniment, anti-discrimination support, and housing-inclusion services while conducting research and advocacy on housing rights. Its services are delivered through local offices and publicly supported projects.

Product overview

Provivienda operates as a unified non-profit housing association offering social housing services rather than a technology product portfolio. Its core offerings center on housing mediation (Bolsas de Vivienda), person-centered housing programs (Housing First/Housing Led), social accompaniment, and anti-discrimination services. The organization also provides innovation tools like ViValor (social value measurement) and Vera App (diagnostic application), alongside advocacy through the Observatorio de Vivienda Asequible data platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alacena: Social-legal advisory service for housing in vulnerable neighborhoods in Granada and Seville.
• Lareira
• Buxaina
• Zaguán
• Barrioteca Orienta
• Barrioteca Media
• ETXEZAIN
• ViValor
• Vera App
• Lumvra
• ALIVAS

Products and services

• Bolsas de Vivienda de Alquiler Asequible
• Housing First / Housing Led Programs
• Acompañamiento Social en la Vivienda
• Programa de Promoción de la No Discriminación Residencial
• Observatorio de la Vivienda Asequible
• Orientador/a Habitacional (Housing Navigator) Pilot Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 127,988+ persons housed since 1989
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles9 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CERMI (Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 July 2026Alliance to promote the right to housing for people with disabilities, focusing on accessible, affordable, and inclusive housing for this population
• EAPN (European Anti-Poverty Network) - Regional ChapterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of EAPN and its regional chapters (Madrid, Andalucía, Canarias, Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha), contributing to European anti-poverty advocacy and housing rights campaigns
• FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network membership supporting homelessness policy advocacy and best practice exchange across Europe
• ECAS (Entitats Catalanes d'Acció Social)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatalan social action organizations network, collaborating on social housing and inclusion initiatives
• AEIS MadridminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on housing and social inclusion issues in Madrid
• Observatorio 2030minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on monitoring sustainable development goals and housing policy
• Plataforma DESC EspañaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish platform for economic, social, and cultural rights advocacy
• Mercado SocialminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial economy network promoting ethical and solidarity-based economic practices
• ALIVAS (Alianza por la Vivienda Asequible y Social)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition promoting legislative regulation of non-profit social housing providers in Spain, developing proposals for housing association model similar to European 'Housing Associations'
• Housing EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean federation of public, cooperative, and non-profit housing providers, enabling knowledge exchange and advocacy at EU level
• AVS Gestores Públicos de Vivienda y SuelocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish association of public housing managers collaborating on housing policy and best practices
• Gobierno de España - Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030coreOthersMajor funder of housing and social inclusion programs, including Observatory of Affordable Housing and various project grants
• Junta de AndalucíacoreOthersRegional government funding housing programs including Housing First, temporary housing, and inclusion services in Andalucía
• Gobierno de CanariascoreOthersRegional government funding multiple housing programs in the Canary Islands including Housing First, accessibility improvements, and migrant integration
• Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de TenerifecoreOthersMunicipal partner for Housing Led and Housing First programs, providing housing and funding for homeless services
• Comunidad de MadridcoreOthersRegional government funding housing programs, social inclusion services, and youth emancipation programs in Madrid
• Fundación la CaixacoreOthersMajor philanthropy partner funding housing programs including Masempleo, construction programs, and youth emancipation initiatives
• Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y MigracionescoreOthersNational ministry funding anti-discrimination programs and international protection housing services through FAMI funds
• Universidad de La LagunaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for 'Conectoras de la Comunidad' program training migrant women in community participation and social inclusion
• Gobierno de NavarraminorOthersRegional government partner for ETXE BAT housing accompaniment program in Navarra
• ICASS - Instituto Cántabro de Servicios SocialesminorOthersCantabrian social services institute partnering on Housing First and Housing Led programs funded by Next Generation EU
• IMAS - Institut Mallorquí d'Afers SocialscoreOthersMallorcan social affairs institute managing temporary social housing with Provivienda as operator
• Xunta de GaliciacoreOthersGalician regional government funding housing programs including Tierras Vivas, Raizar, and housing services in A Coruña

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fundación Rais: Spanish foundation working on social exclusion, homelessness, and housing access — overlapping significantly with Provivienda's Housing First methodology and target populations across multiple Spanish regions.
• Hogar Sí: Spanish non-profit focused on homelessness and housing exclusion, operating Housing First programmes and temporary housing across multiple Spanish regions. Highly comparable in mission, target population, and Housing First methodology.
• CEAR (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado): Spanish NGO dedicated to refugee and asylum-seeker support, including housing programmes funded through FAMI and similar EU instruments. Directly comparable on the migrant-housing and anti-discrimination work that forms a major Provivienda programme line.
• AVS Gestores Públicos de Vivienda y Suelo: Spanish association of public housing-stock management entities, partnering with Provivienda on housing-policy and best-practice sharing. Comparable as a sector peer operating in affordable-housing stock management and policy advocacy.

Others

• Fundación La Caixa: Major Spanish philanthropy that directly funds Provivienda's housing programmes (Masempleo, Zaguán, etc.). Comparable as a significant funder and operator of social-inclusion initiatives, and a strategic relationship rather than a competitor.
• FEANTSA: European federation of national homelessness organisations, of which Provivienda is a member. Comparable as a coordinating/federating body providing policy advocacy, research, and best-practice exchange across the same homelessness/housing-exclusion domain.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Española: Spanish Red Cross chapter delivering social inclusion, refugee support, and emergency housing programmes across Spain. Comparable as a large multi-regional non-profit running publicly-funded social-housing and homelessness services.
• Cáritas Española: Spain's largest Catholic social-services confederation, providing housing support alongside food, employment, and immigration programmes. Overlaps with Provivienda on housing mediation and vulnerable-population services but operates at much larger scale across a broader social-services mandate.

Regional players

• Habitat for Humanity Spain: Spain chapter of the international housing non-profit, focused on adequate housing access for vulnerable populations. Comparable on housing-rights mission and volunteer-based model, though more focused on home-building/rehabilitation than rental mediation.

Emerging players

• Fundación Secretariado Gitano: Spanish social NGO focused on Roma community inclusion, running housing-access and anti-discrimination programmes. Partial overlap with Provivienda on discrimination-focused housing advocacy and vulnerable-population accompaniment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/provivienda_org
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PROVIVIENDAorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/provivienda.asoc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asociaci-n-provivienda
• Instagraminstagram.com/provivienda_

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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