The arrival of Víctor “Ito” Bisonó to the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings comes at a time when Dominican housing policy faces the unavoidable demand to build more and, above all, to build better.
The structural collapses recorded in 2025, with the Jet Set tragedy as the most critical point, made it clear that the safety of the built environment can no longer be a secondary issue.
The challenge is even greater considering that the country has an official housing deficit of around 1.46 million homes, made up not only of missing units, but also of more than a million homes that exist in inadequate conditions.
In that context, accelerating housing production without strengthening technical controls would only widen the qualitative deficit that the State itself acknowledges.
The budget allocated to MIVHED for 2026 offers room for maneuver, but the problem is not only one of resources, since what is at stake is the State's ability to guarantee transparent permits, rigorous inspections and clear responsibilities, a demand that the real estate sector itself strongly raised at the Real Estate Forum last September.
Housing policy cannot be measured solely by the number of units delivered; it must be measured by safety, habitability, and public trust. That will be the true yardstick by which the new minister's performance will be evaluated.
