It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections.

[2] It is headed by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development.

The ministry changed into its current name on 1 January 2022.

[3] The ministry has changed its nomenclature frequently since 1948.

Some of it indicateds the portfolio of the Ministry of Labour, which has since separated.