I had the opportunity to see, from the important Medios del Poder Ciudadano (Citizen Power Media), the co-director of the Nicaraguan Institute of Urban and Rural Housing, Gabriela Lorena Palacios, who reported last year that, by the end of December 2025, 150,349 homes had been built and improved in Nicaragua. This figure includes new homes, housing improvements, and comprehensive projects developed in both cities and rural areas, impacting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country, which reflects the uninterrupted scope of the housing policy promoted by our Sandinista government since 2007.
While it is true that we have begun a new 19-year period of further victories, this moment must be understood in the light of 18 years of constant work that have enabled the Executive to exceed the historic goal of 150,000 homes built and improved throughout the country, which translates into the restoration of the right to decent housing for Nicaraguan families.
The homes that thousands of Nicaraguan families now receive are part of a latent and planned effort to guarantee conditions of dignity and well-being, with each project meeting criteria of quality and functionality. The houses have concrete walls, safe roofs, resistant floors, natural ventilation, access to drinking water, and electricity. All include a living room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and a bathroom.
The most recent projects include paved streets, public lighting, parks, sports fields, and recreation areas, making the housing a friendly environment for family development.
Within this comprehensive approach, the Nuevas Victorias Program, developed in cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, stands out.
In Managua, the first phase was completed with 920 homes, the second phase incorporates an additional 720 homes, and a third phase, already confirmed, includes 1,065 new homes distributed between Managua, León (231), and Tipitapa (105). These projects are designed as complete communities, close to transportation routes and schools.
The Sandinista Good Government’s housing offer also includes apartments, expanding housing options for working families. The Nuevas Victorias Apartments, located in Managua, in the area where the old National Stadium used to be, adjacent to the Plaza de la Dignidad, have two levels and an approximate area of 63 square meters, with a living room, kitchen, and dining room on the first level, and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the second level, with basic services guaranteed.
Access is through a one-time premium of US$500, financing for up to 25 years, a preferential annual rate of 7.25%, and a direct subsidy from the State of US$5,000 granted through INVUR, which allows for installments in line with family income. Likewise, the homes in the Nuevas Victorias program incorporate a state subsidy and financing scheme that reduces the final price to around US$11,600, with monthly payments of around US$100, making home ownership viable for thousands of families.
The right to decent housing has been strengthened and protected by the legal framework. As an example, in 2025, the National Assembly approved reforms to Law No. 677, the Special Law for the Promotion of Housing Construction and Access to Social Housing, at the initiative of the Executive.
These reforms updated subsidy mechanisms, broadened eligibility criteria, and adjusted amounts to respond to increases in the costs of materials, transportation, and labor, preventing families from being excluded for economic reasons.
As part of this same effort, national housing fairs were consolidated as permanent meeting places for the population, where thousands of people interested in accessing decent housing participate. At these fairs, housing projects are presented, the access mechanisms established by law are explained, guidance is provided on the requirements, and credit prequalification processes are carried out. In the case of the Nuevas Victorias program, housing solutions are offered that combine state subsidies, long-term financing, and preferential conditions, allowing for affordable installments adjusted to family income, which makes it easier for broad sectors of the population to exercise their right to decent housing.
The human impact of housing policy is evident every time keys are handed over to entire families, including children, mothers, fathers, older adults, and people who for years lived in rented, overcrowded, or hazardous conditions, but who today finally have access to a home of their own. It is at that moment that a period of uncertainty ends and another begins, defined by stability, tranquility, and prospects for the future. Housing becomes the starting point for children to study in better conditions, adults to work with greater security, and families to develop their daily lives in a decent space.
In the context of 19 continuous years of Sandinista Front government, this effort is reaffirmed as a permanent practice, linked to serving the people. These are 19 years in which governing has meant serving, because, as Compañera Rosario Murillo has said, serving the people is a privilege.
With Good Government, decent housing is not a temporary social program, but a commitment that continues to expand and is part of the victories achieved by the president’s people.
