Regional Government calls for tender to exchange a property in Málaga for protected housing

The Housing and Rehabilitation Agency of Andalusia has called for a public tender for the award of a preferential acquisition right over a property located on Parras-Alta Street, in Málaga, for the purpose of subsequently exchanging it for protected housing and linked annexes. The announcement is dated November 4, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Government of Andalusia (BOJA) no. 217, of November 10, 2026, within section 5.1 of public tenders and awards, under text no. 14635. The insertion occupies three pages of the gazette and appears under the heading of the Ministry of Housing, Youth, and Territorial Planning, upon which the agency depends.

A two-step procedure

The operation does not consist of a direct sale, but rather a sequence of two linked administrative acts. First, the public tender is called to award the preferential acquisition right over the property; subsequently, and on that basis, the exchange of the property for protected housing and linked annexes is formalized. The purpose of the published announcement is precisely to publicize this call, so that interested parties may participate in the procedure.

The announcement establishes the essential elements of the call:

• Calling body: the Housing and Rehabilitation Agency of Andalusia, an entity dependent on the Ministry of Housing, Youth, and Territorial Planning.
• Object: award of a preferential acquisition right for the subsequent exchange of the property.
• Location: Parras-Alta Street, municipality of Málaga.
• Consideration: protected housing and the annexes linked to them.
• Official publication: BOJA no. 217, of November 10, 2026, section 5.1, text no. 14635, three pages.
• Date of announcement: November 4, 2026.

The formula was already applied this autumn in Cádiz

This is not the first time the agency has resorted to this mechanism in the autonomous community. BOJA no. 196, of October 8, 2026, published an announcement of identical tenor —text no. 13060, also three pages— for the exchange of a lot consisting of two residential plots in Guadabajaque Este, in the municipality of Jerez de la Frontera, province of Cádiz, for protected housing and linked annexes. Weeks earlier, no. 197 of the gazette, of October 9, publicized the calls for the disposal of agency properties via auction and public tender for the purchase of residential land to build protected housing corresponding to the month of September 2026 (text no. 13166).

The pattern is common: the agency mobilizes public real estate assets and links them with the production of affordable housing, such that the land or property is not sold for a price, but is instead exchanged for housing developments subject to protection regulations.

Interest for developers and cooperatives

The competition opens the door to private developers and cooperatives seeking land or properties in the capital of Málaga, a market where the scarcity of residential land conditions the viability of affordable housing developments. The exchange allows access to a specific plot without a cash outlay for the price, paying instead with completed construction, which changes the financial profile of the operation compared to a conventional purchase.

Furthermore, the call for proposals adds to the agency’s usual activity regarding affordable housing: the same issue of the bulletin includes announcements from its provincial office in Jaén regarding resolutions and hearing procedures in administrative files for affordable housing (texts no. 14658 and 14659).

The competition allows the Junta to dispose of a property from its assets without losing the capacity to generate affordable housing, and allows operators to incorporate residential products in Málaga with the backing of a regulated and published procedure. The details of the conditions, the requirements for bidders, and the deadlines are listed in the three pages of the call inserted in the bulletin, a reference that those intending to apply must consult.

Source: Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía (BOJA), no. 217, November 10, 2026, 5.1 Public tenders and awards, page 14635 (official reference: text no. 14635).