Is it legal to collect property from the community?

Property costs generally include the daily operation and maintenance costs of the parts, facilities and equipment used by the property. It is illegal for property management companies to insist on charging the so-called "public energy consumption".

Article 7 of the Property Management Regulations: Owners shall perform the following obligations in property management activities:

Pay special maintenance funds in accordance with relevant state regulations;

Pay the property service fee on time;

Article 36 of the Regulations on Property Management: Property service enterprises shall provide corresponding services in accordance with the provisions of the property service contract.

Article 41 of the Regulations on Property Management: Property service charges shall follow the principles of reasonableness, openness, and adaptability between fees and service levels, and distinguish the nature and characteristics of different properties. Owners and property service enterprises shall, according to the measures for charging property services formulated by the competent price department of the State Council in conjunction with the competent construction administrative department of the State Council, stipulate in the property service contract.

Article 42 of the Property Management Regulations: The owner shall pay the property service fee according to the agreement in the property service contract. If the owner and the user of the property agree that the user of the property will pay the property service fee, the owner shall bear joint and several liability for payment.

Property that has been completed but has not been sold or handed over to the property buyer shall be paid by the construction unit.

Article 43 of the Regulations on Property Management: The competent price department of the people's government at or above the county level shall, jointly with the competent real estate administrative department at the same level, strengthen the supervision of property service charges.

Article 67 of the Regulations on Property Management: If the owner violates the property service contract and fails to pay the property service fee within the time limit, the owners' committee shall urge him to pay it within a time limit; If it fails to pay within the time limit, the realty service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.