Do you have to pay property fees for vacant houses? How to charge the property fee?

Property management fee is the fee that the property management company should pay to provide services to the owners according to the property management service contract. How to collect the property fee after purchasing the property and not staying?

A few days ago, the newly issued "Amendment to the Property Management Regulations" in Shijiazhuang stipulated that if the vacant house has been vacant for less than 3 months, no property fee will be paid; Vacant for more than 3 months, pay 20% of the property fee. This provision is controversial, and some people applaud it; Some people expressed strong opposition. Then, how to pay the property fee for vacant houses?

Pay 20% for reference.

The previous reality was that most property companies or owners' committees in commercial and residential areas required owners to pay the same standard property fees as permanent residents as long as they had a house with a key in the community.

However, with the increasing number of vacant houses in some newly-opened communities, some vacant house owners increasingly reflect that they should pay property fees in full. They said that although we had a house in the community, we didn't open it and live in it. It's really unfair to pay the property fee in full. However, opponents point out that most of the vacant houses are rich people with two or more suites. It is unfair that the rich do not pay or pay less property fees, while the "poor" have to pay the property fees in full.

What is fairness? As far as the matter is concerned, I think we should first make clear a basic point, that is, is the property company charging property fees from owners based on serving "people" or "houses"?

Obviously, the services provided by property management companies are mainly for people. For example, the garbage produced by the community is made by people; For example, the security of the community is to protect the personal safety of the owners and prevent the owners' vehicles and other property from being stolen. If the owner doesn't live in a residential area and only has an empty house, there will be no garbage and nothing to guard against theft. Naturally, he won't be able to enjoy these services of the property management company, and he doesn't need to pay the corresponding property fees.

Of course, the owner's house is in the community after all, and the property management company also looks at the house for the owner and provides services for the public space of the community. Therefore, even if the house is vacant for a long time, the owner can't help but pay a certain property fee. As for how much to pay, I think the ratio of 20% stipulated by Shijiazhuang can be used for reference.

There is no need to charge in full.

Shijiazhuang issued regulations, vacant houses only pay 20% property fees. Relevant parties have made this explanation: "The house is unoccupied, but the property fee cannot be less. This phenomenon always makes people feel a bit' overlord'. " Indeed, from the principle of equivalent exchange, vacant house owners enjoy less property services, and it is not unreasonable to pay less property fees.

However, as a provision of public legislation, there are still problems of policy orientation and social effect. Vacant rooms pay 20% property fee. In addition to such owners, property companies and other owners will feel wronged. As the secretary-general of the local property management association said, "the object of property services is the public services enjoyed by all owners." This provision actually allows some owners to bear the property fees of those owners who own the second home. This is the so-called' robbing the poor to help the rich', which is obviously unfair. " From the perspective of social effect, it will also reduce the cost of vacant houses, which is not conducive to curbing the behavior of hoarding houses and real estate speculation, and it is easy to waste some housing resources.

Nowadays, many things emphasize the integration with the international community. Internationally, the practice of many western countries is that no matter whether the houses in commercial and residential areas are occupied or vacant, the owners can't pay less property fees, and some even charge vacancy tax. Of course, China has China's national conditions, so it is unnecessary to completely copy "international practices". But starting from the overall situation that China is trying its best to curb real estate speculation, I think it is necessary to charge full property fees for vacant houses.

Still need to be scientifically and reasonably determined.

How to pay the property fee for vacant houses in commercial and residential areas? In my opinion, there are several problems that need further analysis before they can be scientifically and reasonably determined.

First, should the collection of vacant housing property fees be linked with the suppression of hoarding real estate speculation?

Vacant houses may indeed have some investment houses for the rich. However, the property fee is paid to the residential property company for property services, and it does not shoulder the task of curbing real estate speculation. Therefore, there is no need to tie the two together. In fact, this will not have much inhibitory effect on those who have the money to buy multiple suites. In order to effectively curb vacant houses, it is necessary to use our brains in setting up and collecting vacant house tax.

The second is to find out the composition of residential property services and property fees.

Generally speaking, residential property services mainly include the operation and maintenance of residential elevators, water, electricity and heating equipment. Cleaning the flowers and trees in the public health and maintenance area; Management of community traffic and parking order; Fire prevention, theft prevention, personal injury prevention and other safety protection, as well as other services provided for the convenience of the owner. The composition of property fees mainly includes the cost of these services, the wages and benefits to be paid, the taxes and fees to be paid by the property company and the profits to be earned. It can be seen that the property fee does not simply refer to the fees charged for individual services of some owners, so it is not appropriate to only determine whether some owners enjoy some direct services.

Third, to determine how much property fees are charged for vacant houses, it is necessary to have a more scientific proportion calculation and negotiate with stakeholders.

Shijiazhuang introduced the provision that vacant houses pay 20% property fee, which is said to be based on the principle that vacant houses pay 20% heating fee. To tell the truth, this method is worth considering. Because the property fee is different from the heating fee, it may be feasible to charge only 20% of the heating fee for a single household without heating, but many of the property fees are spent on the public affairs of the whole community. Although some houses are vacant, it can not significantly reduce the expenditure of property fees.

So, how much property fees should be charged for vacant houses? It is best to let the landlords of vacant houses, other occupancy owners, property management companies and other stakeholders play games with each other and make the same decision after calculating the proportion of direct and indirect services for the owners. It will be more reasonable to pay 70% or 50% or other proportion of property fees for vacant houses.

(The above answers were published on 20 15-06-26. Please refer to the actual situation for the current purchase policy. )

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