Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation

The Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (Spanish: Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento, MVCS) of Peru is the government ministry responsible for housing materials and construction, as well as the administration of the country's water supply.

Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation

Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento
Agency overview
Formed	11 July 2002; 23 years ago (2002-07-11)
Headquarters	PetroPerú Building
Minister responsible	Durich Whittembury [es]
Website	www.gob.pe/vivienda

As of 2025^[update], the minister responsible is Durich Whittembury [es].

History

In 1969, under the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru, the Ministry of Development and Public Works was dissolved. Its Development and Public Works Sector was replaced by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, and its National Housing Board was replaced by the Ministry of Housing and Construction (Spanish: Ministerio de Vivienda y Construcción, MVC).

On May 11, 1992, under the government of Alberto Fujimori, the ministry was merged with that of Transport and Communications, creating the Ministry of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction (Spanish: Ministerio de Transportes, Comunicaciones, Vivienda y Construcción, MTCVC). Under Alejandro Toledo, the creation of a Housing and Construction Ministry was announced in September 2001,^[1] eventually being created under its current name on July 11, 2002, one day after the reestablishment of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Under Toledo's presidency and Carlos Bruce's tenure, a number of programmes were established.

Organisation

• General Secretariat
• Vice Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
  • Directorate-General of Housing and Urban Development Policies and Regulation
  • Directorate-General of Housing and Urban Development Programs and Projects
  • Directorate-General of Accessibility and Technological Development
  • Urban Land Generation Programme
  • Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Programme
  • Our Cities Programme
  • National Rural Housing Programme
• Vice Ministry of Construction and Sanitation
  • Directorate-General of Construction and Sanitation Policies and Regulation
  • Directorate-General of Construction and Sanitation Programs and Projects
  • Directorate-General of Environmental Affairs
  • National Urban Sanitation Programme
  • National Rural Sanitation Programme
• National Dairy Farm Programme

Entities administered by the ministry include:

• Public organisms:
  • Superintendencia Nacional de Bienes Estatales (SBN)
  • Organismo Técnico de la Administración de los Servicios de Saneamiento (OTASS)
  • Organismo de Formalización de la Propiedad Informal (COFOPRI)
• Entities:
  • Banco de Materiales SAC (BANMAT SAC)
  • Fondo MIVIVIENDA S. A. (FMV S.A.)
  • Servicio de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Lima (SEDAPAL)
  • Servicio Nacional de Capacitación para la Industria de la Construcción (SENCICO)
• Former:
  • Empresa Nacional de Edificaciones (ENACE)
  • Fondo Nacional de Vivienda (FONAVI)
  • Servicio de Parques de Lima (SERPAR)

List of ministers

Name	Party	Period
		Term start	Term end
Ministers of Housing and Construction (1969–1992)
Luis Vargas Caballero	—	April 1, 1969	January 4, 1972
Ramón Arróspide Mejía	January 4, 1972	May 31, 1974
Augusto Gálvez Velarde	May 31, 1974	June 25, 1975
Isaías Paredes Arana	June 25, 1975	July 17, 1976
Gerónimo Cafferata Marazzi	July 17, 1976	August 16, 1977
César Rosas Cresto	August 16, 1977	July 27, 1980
Javier Velarde Aspíllaga [es]	July 28, 1980	November 25, 1984
Carlos Pestana Zevallos [es]	November 25, 1984	July 28, 1985
Luis Bedoya Vélez	July 28, 1985	March 1, 1989
Antenor Orrego Spelucín	March 1, 1989	July 28, 1990
Guillermo del Solar Rojas	July 28, 1990	November 6, 1991
Óscar de la Puente Raygada [es]	November 6, 1991	July 28, 1993
Ministers of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction (1992–2002)
See list
Ministers of Housing, Construction and Sanitation
Carlos Bruce Montes de Oca	Perú Posible	July 13, 2002	August 18, 2005
Rudecindo Vega Carreazo [es]		August 19, 2005	July 28, 2006
Hernán Garrido-Lecca Montañez	APRA	July 28, 2006	November 20, 2007
Enrique Cornejo Ramírez		November 20, 2007	November 29, 2008
Nidia Vílchez Yucra		November 29, 2008	June 11, 2009
Francis Allison Oyague [es]	—	June 11, 2009	September 29, 2009
Juan Sarmiento Soto	APRA	September 29, 2009	July 28, 2011
René Cornejo Díaz	—	July 28, 2011	February 24, 2014
Milton von Hesse La Serna [es]	PNP	February 24, 2014	October 11, 2015
Francisco Dumler Cuya [es]	—	October 11, 2015	July 28, 2016
Edmer Trujillo Mori [es]	July 28, 2016	September 17, 2017
Carlos Bruce Montes de Oca	PPK	September 17, 2017	April 2, 2018
Javier Piqué del Pozo [es]	—	April 2, 2018	March 11, 2019
Carlos Bruce Montes de Oca	PPK	March 11, 2019	April 14, 2019
Miguel Estrada Mendoza [es]	—	April 26, 2019	September 30, 2019
Rodolfo Yáñez Wendorff [es]	October 3, 2019	July 15, 2020
Carlos Lozada Contreras [es]	July 15, 2020	November 10, 2020
Hilda Sandoval Cornejo [es]	November 12, 2020	November 17, 2020
Solangel Fernández Huanqui [es]	November 18, 2020	July 28, 2021
Geiner Alvarado López [es]	July 29, 2021	August 5, 2022
César Paniagua Chacón [es]	August 5, 2022	December 7, 2022
Hania Pérez de Cuéllar Lubienska [es]	December 10, 2022	September 3, 2024
Durich Whittembury [es]	September 3, 2024	Incumbent

See also

• Squatting in Peru
• Ministry of Transport and Communications (Peru)