Is it illegal not to pay the residential property fee?

Violation of Articles 12 and 13 of the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges.

According to Article 12 of the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges

The implementation of the property service fee reward system, the property service expenditure received in advance belongs to the escrow nature and belongs to the owners who have paid it, and the property management enterprise shall not use it for expenses other than those agreed in the property service contract.

The property management enterprise shall announce the annual budget and final accounts of the property service funds to the owners' assembly or all owners, and announce the income and expenditure of the property service funds at least once a year.

When the owners or the owners' congress raise questions about the annual budget and final accounts of the property service funds and the income and expenditure of the property service funds, the property management enterprise shall reply in time.

Article 13

Property service charges take the form of remuneration, and the property management enterprise or the owners' congress may hire professional institutions to audit the annual budget and final accounts of property service funds and the income and expenditure of property service funds according to the property service contract.

Extended data

Owners can refuse to pay property fees.

1, the service quality provided by the property management company can't meet the standards agreed in the contract;

2, the property company without authorization to expand the scope of charges, raise fees, repeated charges;

3. The property management company increases the charging items without the consent of the owner. If the services provided by the property management company fail to meet the standards stipulated in the contract, the service quality is not in place. If the service quality does not match the charging price, the owners can directly negotiate with the property company through the owners' committee, or even hire other property companies to manage the community according to the contract.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges