Overview

• United Housing and Social Security committees approved a dictamen to align INFONAVIT and ISSSTE laws with the constitutional right to adequate housing and sent it to the Mesa Directiva.
• Votes registered were 22–0 with one abstention in the Housing Committee and 17–0 in Social Security, with no votes against.
• Lawmakers discarded a proposal for zero-interest mortgages up to 850,000 pesos (250,000 UMAs), arguing that interest income sustains lending by Infonavit and Fovissste.
• SEDATU announced that Fovissste’s Executive Commission approved building 100,000 adequate homes for workers earning up to 13,700 pesos who do not own a home.
• Supporters said the changes embed the concept of adequate housing, while opposition voices urged adding an explicit legal definition using ONU-Habitat’s seven criteria to avoid administrative discretion.