Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, November 4, 2026 – Infonavit invited Puerto Vallarta on Oct. 29 to join a federal housing program for lower-income workers. Officials have yet to confirm a site or how many homes it could build.
Infonavit Director General Octavio Romero Oropeza extended the invitation at a meeting with Jalisco and municipal officials led by Gov. Pablo Lemus Navarro. The 7,068 homes discussed at that meeting are spread across 10 planned projects in eight other Jalisco municipalities. Vallarta’s participation depends on finding suitable land and reaching an agreement with state and federal officials.
What would it take to build homes local workers could afford?
Jalisco has already donated just over seven hectares in Lagos de Moreno, Tepatitlán de Morelos and El Salto for a projected 1,022 homes. Vallarta has been part of the discussion since at least January 2025, when a federal land official named it as a possible location for apartment-style housing under the program.
Romero Oropeza told municipal officials that Infonavit needs their cooperation and the state’s before building. “We don’t build any development without first speaking with the state government and with you,” he said. That coordination includes checking who holds title to the land and whether water and sewer lines can serve it.
Who could buy one, and for how much?
Officials described the Jalisco projects as aimed primarily at people earning one to two minimum wages. Infonavit’s national eligibility portal lists a wider range of one to 2.9 minimum wages for covered workers, with at least six months in their current job and no active mortgage.
Under federal rules published in September, Infonavit caps the first sale of a home built through the program at 862,000 pesos. Workers earning between one and 2.09 minimum wages can receive a discount of up to 90,000 pesos. Infonavit sets the actual price for each development.
That price limit addresses one part of Vallarta’s affordable housing shortage. The address would determine another. Jalisco officials described two-bedroom homes of at least 60 square meters, with basic utilities and access to schools, transportation, and jobs. For a hotel worker weighing a move, the site would determine whether there’s a bus that gets them to an early shift and home after a late one.