Provide is a moisture control construction material which has improved moisture control performance and strength and which is easily produced, and a method for producing the same. The moisture control construction material is produced by forming a raw material that contains aluminum hydroxide and bentonite and/or montmorillonite, and firing the formed: raw material at 700° C. to 1100° C. The raw material contains 30% to 97% by weight aluminum hydroxide and 3% to 70% by weight bentonite and/or montmorillonite, or contains 30% to 90% by weight aluminum hydroxide, 1% to 30% by weight bentonite and/or montmorillonite, and 5% to 69% by weight clay.