Saraí Cervantes / Reform Agency
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | 18:21
Mexico City.- At least 20 government agencies have debts with the Housing Fund of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (Fovissste) for 3 billion pesos.
César Buenrostro Moreno, executive member of Fovissste, highlighted that among the debtor organizations are:
– Secretary of Health of Guerrero, with a debt of 900 million pesos, from 2016 to 2022.
– University of Zacatecas, with pending payments of 350 million pesos, from 2014 to 2018 and from 2020 to 2021.
– City Hall of La Paz in Baja California Sur, from 2016 to 2022.
– Secretary of Health of Oaxaca, from 2018 to 2020.
– Tuxtla Gutiérrez Health Institute, in Chiapas, for the year 2022.
After participating in the unveiling of the commemorative Lottery ticket for the fund’s 50th anniversary, he stressed that the collection of debts has been complicated by the lack of formality of some government institutions.
“There are cases in which we reached a reconciliation, but when signing a payment agreement it is not formalized.
“Some argue that if the Fund is paid they will stop attending to other programs or that they are debts from other administrations and that is where the payment is complicated,” said Buenrostro Moreno after participating in the unveiling of the commemorative ticket for the 50th anniversary of Fovissste.
Likewise, he stressed that there are agencies that, although they acknowledge the debts and agree to sign an agreement, seek forgiveness or that the debt be paid in 15 years.
“That cannot be done because we are obliged to give interest above inflation to the housing sub-account. Where will the contributions that did not give the interest that did not pay come from,” he emphasized.
Harm for the workers
Buenrostro Moreno explained that the debts not only affect the Fund’s finances, but also the workers, who come to appear in the Fovissste system as defaulters, although he did not specify how many of them currently suffer from this situation.
Or, he explained that when a worker seeks to retire and complete the process to request his housing sub-account, he realizes that in the last 6 years they have not had contributions, for example.
“The worker has a contribution from the employer of 5 percent of his salary that goes to his housing sub-account and instead of sending it to Fovissste they keep it and in the best of cases they use it to pave a street or in other things,” Buenrostro Moreno said.
He added that, in other cases, government agencies discount 30 percent of the salary of the worker who has a loan and likewise, instead of sending the money to the Fund, they keep it.
On the other hand, the executive spokesman highlighted that, in 2023, Fovissste could provide 50,201 financing with its own resources and 8,800 in conjunction with commercial banks.
At the end of 2022, the agency delivered more than 46 thousand financing for more than 40 thousand 634 million pesos.
“Also for this year we hope to grant a credit for self-production. We are working with the National Housing Organizations (ONAVIS) to be able to make an agreement and promote this type of credit,” he said.
It is estimated to place 1,450 in a first stage.
