The Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores (INFONAVIT) is the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 federal institute for worker’s housing, founded in 1972, and located in the Barranca del Muerto 280, Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

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It is the largest mortgage lender in Latin America, with over 5 million mortgages on its books and a new one added every 53 seconds.

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.

Director-Generals

• Jesús Silva Herzog Flores (1972 - 1976)
• José Campillo Sainz (1976 - 1988)
• Emilio Gamboa Patrón (1988 - 1991)
• Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá (1991 - 1991)
• José Juan de Olloqui y Labastida (1991 - 1993)
• José Francisco Ruiz Massieu
  José Francisco Ruiz Massieu
  José Francisco Ruiz Massieu 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 in 1994...
  
   (1993 - 1994)
• Alfredo Phillips Olmedo (1994 - 1994)
• Arturo Núñez Jiménez (1994 - 1995)
• Alfredo del Mazo González (1995 - 1997)
• Óscar Joffre Velázquez (1997 - 1998)
• Luis de Pablo Serna (1998 - 2001)
• Víctor Manuel Borrás Setién (2001 - )