MEVIR

What MEVIR does

MEVIR (Movimiento de Erradicación de la Vivienda Insalubre Rural) Dr. Alberto Gallinal Heber is a Uruguayan government autonomous organism founded in 1967, headquartered in Montevideo and operating across Uruguay's departments. It provides housing solutions to low and middle-income families, with particular focus on rural areas, through three service lines: new construction of housing, property recovery and renovation, and escrituración (formal property deed registration) to reduce informality in rural land tenure. The organization executes its mandate through a national network of regional offices, public calls and lotteries for housing allocation, and a current workforce of 35 employees.

Its core digital asset is the Pueblos en Red platform, which supports housing applications, beneficiary selection via lottery, and ongoing case management. Operational throughput is material: reporting identifies 1,035 recovered homes and approximately 9,600 escrituraciones. The program is delivered through coordinated regional modalities, with active 2026 rollouts in Metropolitana, Noreste, and Centro regions, and new inscription openings in localities such as San Jacinto and Tapia.

MEVIR's revenue mechanics are primarily appropriation-based, with the Uruguayan state providing the bulk of funding, supplemented by monthly quota payments collected from beneficiary families. Executive leadership is positioned through public office (current President: Andrés Lima). The organization is also actively acquiring land in five localities to seed a forward construction pipeline, indicating a programmatic growth posture rather than a passive subsidy-transfer model.

Name

MEVIR

Legal name

MEVIR Dr. Alberto Gallinal Heber

Website

https://mevir.org.uy

Company type

Public

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MEVIR is a Uruguayan government autonomous organism founded in 1967 that delivers rural housing construction, property recovery, and escrituración services to low and middle-income families across Uruguay's departments, funded primarily by state appropriations and beneficiary quota payments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Housing Programs

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Other Community Housing Services (624229), New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) (236116)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rural, Tribal & Special-Population Housing Programs (FSALAKAL), Affordable Housing / Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Mortgage Origination (FSALAAAM)

Keywords

• Social housing programs
• Government housing solutions
• Property deed registration
• Rural housing development
• Housing subsidy programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Monthly quota payments: Participants in MEVIR housing programs pay monthly quotas (cuotas) for their homes, which are collected through online payment systems. The organization also recovers and escriturates (registers property deeds) for housing units as part of its core mission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MEVIR is a Uruguayan state autonomous organization providing housing solutions to low and middle-income families since 1967. The organization offers comprehensive housing services including new housing construction through public programs (programas de vivienda), property recovery (recuperación de viviendas), and property deed registration (escrituraciones). Beneficiaries access housing through public calls and lotteries, then pay monthly quotas under structured payment plans, with online services supporting queries and payments.

Product overview

MEVIR (MovimientoEME VIVIR) is Uruguay's national housing agency providing housing solutions through multiple programs and digital services. The organization operates a housing program portfolio including enrollment systems for residential solutions, online participant services for quota payments and tax information, and the Pueblos en Red application for community access. Services encompass property recovery, deed transfers, and land acquisition for housing development projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pueblos en Red: Digital application for connectivity in rural communities, operated by MEVIR as part of its community development initiatives.

Products and services

• Programas de vivienda (Housing Programs)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fannie Mae: US government-sponsored enterprise that finances affordable housing through mortgage purchases and securitization. Parallels MEVIR's role in expanding access to housing finance and supporting affordable homeownership, though at vastly greater scale and through financial markets.
• USDA Rural Development: US government agency delivering rural housing loans, grants, and community facilities. Directly comparable to MEVIR's original rural-housing-eradication mission (Movimiento de Erradicación de la Vivienda Insalubre Rural) at vastly larger scale.
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC): Canada's national housing agency, providing mortgage insurance, housing finance, and affordable-housing programs. As a Crown corporation, it parallels MEVIR's government-organism structure with a broader portfolio of housing-finance and development tools.
• Homes England: UK government's housing and regeneration agency, funding affordable housing and community development. Comparable as a government-sponsored housing delivery body focused on expanding supply for underserved populations.
• Habitat for Humanity International: Global nonprofit that builds and finances affordable housing for low-income families through volunteer-driven construction and mortgage products. Operates a much broader geographic footprint than MEVIR with a comparable affordable-housing-for-the-under-served mission.

Regional players

• INFONAVIT: Mexico's national workers' housing institute, providing mortgage financing and housing solutions to formal-sector workers. Operates as a government-mandated housing organism in Latin America with a structurally similar affordable-housing-finance model.
• Fonvivienda: Colombia's national housing fund administering housing subsidies and affordable-home programs. Comparable as a Latin American state-affiliated housing finance entity serving low-income beneficiaries.

Direct peers

• Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU): Uruguayan state-owned mortgage bank providing housing loans and property financing. Operates in the same domestic market as MEVIR with overlapping affordable housing finance and property services for low- and middle-income families.
• Ministerio de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial (MVOT): Uruguay's Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning, which oversees national housing policy. MVOT directly supervises housing organisms including MEVIR, making it the closest regulatory and policy peer for housing solutions in Uruguay.
• Agencia Nacional de Vivienda (ANV): Uruguay's national housing agency (also under gub.uy), providing housing finance and development solutions. ANV operates in the same Uruguayan market with overlapping affordable housing and property financing mandates, making it the most directly comparable entity to MEVIR.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MevirOficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@mevir1967
• Facebookfacebook.com/meviroficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/meviroficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mevir1967

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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