**Exhibit 12(a)(1)**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302**

**OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350)**

 

I,Gerardo de Nicolás Gutiérrez, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed thisannual report on Form 20-F of Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V.;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respectsthe financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company asof, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

 

a. Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated theeffectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this reportany change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

 

5. The Company’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors andthe audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performingthe equivalent functions):

 

a. All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have a significantrole in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: June 30, 2010 |   | /s/  Gerardo de Nicolás Gutiérrez |
|--------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------|
|                     | Name:  | Gerardo  de Nicolás Gutiérrez     |
|                     | Title: | Chief Executive Officer                     |

 

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