Isn't the maintenance fund compulsory now?

It is still mandatory to pay, and it is illegal to pay the maintenance fund. Maintenance fund, also known as "public maintenance fund" and "residential special maintenance fund", refers to the funds paid by the owners of residential properties to a special account according to certain standards for the maintenance of public parts and facilities in the property area and authorized by property service enterprises or other management units.

I. Housing Maintenance Fund

Housing maintenance fund actually includes housing public facilities special fund and housing maintenance fund. The special fund for housing public facilities is referred to as the special fund, which is used for projects such as the renovation of common parts of property and public facilities and equipment, and shall not be used for other purposes. Special funds to implement the principle of "money with the house". When the house is transferred, the remaining funds in the account are also transferred to the new owner of the house.

Two, under what circumstances can I use the housing maintenance fund?

The housing maintenance fund is used for large and medium-sized repair and renovation projects of the main structure, public parts and public facilities and equipment of the house after the warranty period expires.

The main load-bearing structures of houses include foundation, internal and external load-bearing walls, columns, beams, floors and roofs. Public parts refer to outdoor walls, hallways, stairwells, corridors, etc. Public facilities and equipment refer to water supply and drainage pipelines and equipment, distribution cables and equipment, elevators, public lighting, fire-fighting facilities, green spaces, roads, ditches, non-operating parking garages, public cultural and sports facilities and other facilities and equipment owned and used by the owner. The maintenance fund is managed by the Housing Authority, and the application process is complicated.

Three. Property maintenance fund

Property maintenance fund refers to the overhaul and renewal reserve fund, which is specially used for the overhaul, renewal and transformation of parts and facilities after the expiration of the property use period. The public part refers to the main load-bearing structure of the building (including foundation, internal and external load-bearing walls, columns, beams, floors, roofs, etc.). ), outdoor walls, hallways, stairwells, corridors, etc. Public facilities and equipment refers to the houses used by water pipes, water tanks, pressurizers, elevators, antennas, power supply lines, public lighting, fire-fighting facilities, green spaces, roads, ditches, pools, wells, non-operating parking garages, public cultural and sports facilities and facilities and equipment within the property management area. In nature, the property maintenance fund belongs to a special fund set up for a specific purpose, that is, a fund dedicated to large-scale maintenance and conservation of the parts used by the property, which is turned to raising and independent accounting for the purpose of maintaining and increasing the value, and its property rights belong to all owners. Some people call it "housing for the elderly".