What is a housing maintenance fund? Who should manage it?

What is a housing maintenance fund? What's the use? Who will manage the housing maintenance fund? This is the question of most owners. Today, Bian Xiao will answer your questions and say two or three things about the housing maintenance fund.

What is a housing maintenance fund?

Housing maintenance fund refers to the maintenance fund for public parts and facilities and equipment of residential buildings according to the provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Maintenance Fund for Facilities and Equipment Used in Residential Buildings of the Ministry of Construction. The housing maintenance fund generated by the sale of public houses by the unit is raised by the selling unit and the housing workers, and the ownership belongs to the purchaser, which is used for the maintenance and conservation of the * * * parts of the residential building and the * * * facilities and equipment.

According to the law, * * * refers to the main load-bearing structural parts of the house (including foundation, internal and external load-bearing walls, columns, beams, floors, roofs, etc.). ), outdoor walls, hallways, stairwells, corridors, etc.

The maintenance fund is used for the large and medium-sized repair, renewal and transformation of * * * old parts and * * * old equipment and facilities after the property warranty period expires. When Party B transfers the ownership of the house, the balance maintenance fund will not be returned and will be transferred with the ownership of the house.

The public maintenance fund for commercial housing is paid by the purchaser at the time of purchase, accounting for 2% of the purchase price.

Who manages the housing maintenance fund?

According to the Measures for the Management of Special Housing Maintenance Funds, which came into effect on February 1 2008, the housing maintenance funds are paid by all owners and owned by all owners. Under normal circumstances, the maintenance fund is established under the unified supervision of the real estate management department where the property is located and managed by the property management company. After the establishment of the owners' committee, the public maintenance fund will be handed over to the industry committee, which will exercise the management right.

The owners' committee shall set up a special account for the property maintenance fund in the commercial bank designated by the real estate administrative department, and report the account to the real estate administrative department for the record. The account is all the maintenance funds paid by the owners in the property. This account can only be used for the storage and management of the maintenance fund and shall not be used for other purposes. At the same time, the bank set up a sub-account for each owner to show the use and retention of all maintenance funds of the owner. The use and supplement of the maintenance fund shall be decided by the owners' meeting.

Housing maintenance fund is actually the maintenance of the public part of the house, which all owners have to pay and belong to all owners. This fund is generally managed by the owners' committee. Do you have any questions after reading this article?

(The above answers were published on 2015-12-13. Please refer to the actual situation for the current purchase policy. )

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