Is it illegal to live in a garage? How to punish?

It is illegal to live in a garage. Garage is not suitable for living. There is no infrastructure for people to live in. In addition, if the garage is privately connected with water, electricity and sewage pipes when residents live, the operation is not standardized and it is easy to cause safety hazards. Some garages have poor air quality and poor ventilation, and there are various potential safety hazards, which pose a threat to people's health and life. Don't live in garages.

Can the garage be sold and transferred separately?

Garages can be bought and sold separately. But you need to go through the formalities, first separate the property right certificate. Is to go to the housing management office to separate your house certificate from the garage, then apply for the property certificate, and finally transfer the garage separately. According to the law, the ownership of parking spaces and garages planned for parking cars within a building division shall be agreed by the parties through sale, gift or lease. Parking spaces that occupy roads or other venues owned by the owner for parking cars shall be owned by the owner.

Laws and regulations: Article 49 of the Regulations on Property Management

Public buildings and facilities planned and constructed within the property management area shall not be changed. If the owners need to change the use of public buildings and facilities according to law, they shall inform the property service enterprises after handling the relevant formalities according to law; If the realty service enterprise really needs to change the use of public buildings and facilities, it shall be submitted to the owners' meeting for discussion and approval, and the owners shall go through the relevant formalities according to law.