They present a bill to optimize the return of Fonavi contributions: what is it about?

In December of last year, the partial return of contributions to the thousands of workers who contributed to the defunct National Housing Fund (Fonavi) began. In total, there are 20 lists of beneficiaries, 71,000 from 1 to 19 and 64,272 older adults from payroll 20, who have been participating in this process and it is expected that, by March, a new group will join to reimburse their money.

However, a series of complaints have been filed related to the amounts, dates and number of beneficiaries excluded. Along these lines, the congresswoman from Peru Libre, María Acuña, entered into documentary processing a bill to expand the methodology for returning the amounts discounted to the Fonavistas. Next, she knows the main scope of this legislative initiative.

They propose optimizing the return of Fonavi contributions: what is it about?

Last Friday, March 1, parliamentarian María Acuña, from the Perú Libre bench, presented bill 7168/2023-CR that seeks to expand the alternatives for the return of Fonavi money. This proposal modifies article 7 of Law 29625, which indicates that the regulations must detail the procedure for each type of refund, up to the total of the values ​​notified in the Certificates of Refunds of Contributions and Rights of the Fonavista. . These will be:

• Refunds in social housing
• Returns on urbanized land of social interest
• Cash returns
• Bonus returns
• Tax compensation refunds
• Refunds in compensatory payments of debts
• Returns in shares of state companies.

What would the return of Fonavi contributions be like? This is what María Acuña’s bill says

Parliamentarian Acuña’s bill also modifies article 10 of the “Law on the return of Fonavi money to workers who contributed to it.” In that sense, the Ad Hoc Commission must use this procedure:

• Have an updated registry of Fonavistas, considering the real value of the debt.
• Carry out a virtual procedure for each Fonavista to choose one of the refund forms described in article 7 and thus establish the amount of debt for each type.
• Make public the accumulated result for each modality.
• Coordinate with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Economy, the actions to be carried out for each chosen modality.
• Give priority to people over sixty years of age, those registered with the National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (Conadis) and those who have a serious or terminal illness, whether the owners or relatives.

Another of the modifications sought by Congresswoman María Acuña’s legislative proposal is to incorporate a Third Final Complementary Provision in Law 29625. These changes are linked to the refund modalities for Fonavistas, which specify that the different government institutions have with a period of 90 days to define a schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out:

• For the refund modality in Social Interest Housing, the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation establishes the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out within a period of 90 days.
• For the return modality in Urbanized Land of Social Interest, the Superintendency of National Assets establishes within a period of 90 days the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out.
• For the Cash refund modality, the Ministry of Economy and Finance establishes within a period of 90 days the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out.
• For the refund modality in Bonds, the Ministry of Economy and Finance establishes within a period of 90 days the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out.
• For the refund modality in Tax Compensations, the National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT) establishes within a period of 90 days the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out.
• For the refund modality in Compensatory Debt Payments, the Ministry of Economy and Finance establishes within a period of 90 days the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out.
• For the modality of return in Shares of State Companies, the National Fund for Financing the State’s business activity (FONAFE) establishes within a period of 90 days the schedule of actions and strategies to be carried out, for the feasibility of the issuance of shares. securities and transfer of shares of state companies.

Finally, regarding the payment method for transferring shares of State companies, it is established that in no case could these exceed 49% of their total shares.

Fonavi 2024: how to know if you are on the list of beneficiaries?

• Enter the Registration Status Consultation Module on the website of the Fonavi Technical Secretariat.
• Check the options presented. For example, if you want to know if you are part of Payment Group 20, check with your ID HERE.
• If you are part of groups 1 to 19 and want to find out with your ID if you should be paid, click THIS LINK.