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

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**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302**

**OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18U.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. Basedon 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. Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company andhave:

 

a. Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report 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 thisreport any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The  Company’sother  certifying  officer and  I have  disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal  control over financial reporting,  to  the  Company’s  auditors and theaudit committee of the Company’s board of directors(or persons performing the 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 financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the  Company’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date: June 29,  2009 |   | /s/ Gerardo de Nicolás Gutiérrez |
|---------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------|
|                      | Name:  | Gerardo de Nicolás Gutiérrez     |
|                      | Title: | Chief Executive Officer                    |

 

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