The Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Spanish: ''Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores''; ''INFONAVIT'') is the

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

federal institute for worker's housing, founded in 1972, and located at Barranca del Muerto 280, in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

. It is the largest mortgage lender in Latin America and the fourth worldwide, with over 12 million mortgages on its books and a new one added every 53 seconds. The reform and expansion of Infonavit led to a transformation of the housing production system in Mexico, whereby more houses are now built by developers and purchased with a mortgage than through a self-build process, and it enabled the growth of several national homebuilding firms such as Casas GEO, Homex and Consorcio Ara. Infonavit receives 5% of all formal workers salaries and provides a series of housing-related mortgage products. These include a mortgage to buy a new or existing home, a mortgage to remodel a home or a mortgage to build a new home.

Directors-general

Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores, born as Jesús Silva y Flores (8 May 1935 — 6 March 2017) was a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as secretary of Finance and Public Credit in th ...

(1972–1976) * José Campillo Sainz (1976–1988) *

Emilio Gamboa Patrón Emilio Antonio Gamboa Patrón (born 23 August 1950) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. He was Senator during the 2000–2003 and 2003–2006 Legislatures and deputy during the LX Legislature and the LXII Legislature of the Mexica ...

(1988–1991) * Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá (1991 – 1991) * José Juan de Olloqui y Labastida (1991–1993) *

José Francisco Ruiz Massieu José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (July 22, 1946 – September 28, 1994) was a Mexican political figure. He was governor of Guerrero from 1987 to 1993. He then served as the secretary-general of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1994 ...

(1993–1994) *

Alfredo Phillips Olmedo Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Fi ...

(1994 – 1994) *

Arturo Núñez Jiménez Arturo Núñez Jiménez (born 23 January 1948) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRD (formerly to the PRI) who served as Governor of Tabasco from 2013 to 2018. In January 1993 he was appointed to the Direction of the Federal Electo ...

(1994–1995) *

Alfredo del Mazo González Alfredo Hilario Isidro del Mazo González (31 December 1943 – 10 January 2019) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Early life He was the Governor of the State of Mexico from 1981 to 1986 and the ...

(1995–1997) *

Óscar Joffre Velázquez Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ''car'', means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "friend of deer" ...

(1997–1998) *

Luis de Pablo Serna Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

(1998–2001) *

Víctor Manuel Borrás Setién Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: *Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) *Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer) * Víctor Hugo Cabrera ...

(2001–2012) *

Alejandro Murat Hinojosa Alejandro Ismael Murat Hinojosa (born August 4, 1975) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was elected Governor of Oaxaca in 2016 and took office on December 1, 2016. Life Murat Hinojosa was born on A ...

(2012–2015) *

David Penchyna Grub David Penchyna Grub (born 10 March 1965) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Hidalgo Hidalgo may refer to: ...

(2015–2018) *

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(2018–present)

References

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External links

Infonavit's website
Government of Mexico Mexico City Public housing