New rules of property maintenance fund

The Measures for the Management of Residential Special Maintenance Funds issued by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance were implemented on February 1 2008.

The difference from the original method: the original provision: Now the time for housing maintenance funds payment is mostly paid together with the deed tax when the purchaser handles the real estate license.

New regulations: before going through the house occupancy formalities, the owners of commercial houses should deposit the first phase of special maintenance funds for houses into the special account for special maintenance funds for houses, otherwise they may not deliver the houses to the buyers.

Impact: Some people who invest in real estate generally don't move in after buying a house, and they don't apply for a real estate license. The property maintenance fee is delayed, which affects other households to maintain their houses. After the implementation of the new regulations, the owners who have not paid the fees will not get the key to the new house, which will standardize the maintenance and repair of the house. Original provisions: Originally, our city collected maintenance funds in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Property in Zhejiang Province, which stipulated that it should be calculated according to 4%-6% of the construction and installation project cost. Generally speaking, 20 yuan /m2 for ordinary houses and 30 yuan /m2 for small high-rise buildings, villas and business buildings.

New regulations: the special maintenance funds for residential buildings will be raised to 5%-8%, that is to say, when paying the special maintenance funds in the first phase, the maximum amount will be about 4% more. In addition, when the balance of special maintenance funds is less than 30%, the owner needs to pay again. However, because the specific rules have not yet been issued, the relevant departments have not yet worked out the accurate figures.

Impact: If the housing construction and installation costs are calculated according to 600 yuan/m2, assuming that the deposit ratio is 5%, then the property maintenance fund to be deposited in the first phase is 600×5%=30 yuan/m2, while the original initial deposit cost is only 600×4%=24 yuan/m2, and at least the 6 yuan will be increased per m2. The original provision: the property maintenance fund shall be paid to the special maintenance fund account designated by the competent department.

New regulations: before the establishment of the owners' meeting, the special maintenance funds for houses will be entrusted by the construction (real estate) department of the local government; After the establishment of the owners' congress, the owners may apply to the relevant departments. By convening the owners' meeting, the owners' meeting authorizes the owners' committee to be responsible for the daily management of special maintenance funds with the consent of the owners whose exclusive parts account for more than 2/3 of the total construction area and more than 2/3 of the total number. The owners' congress may entrust a local commercial bank as a special account management bank to open a special account for residential maintenance funds. Under the premise of ensuring the normal use of maintenance funds, special maintenance funds can be used to purchase government bonds in accordance with relevant state regulations.

Impact: This is the first time that the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance have made it clear that the owners' congress can open a special account for special maintenance funds in commercial banks. In this way, whether before or after the establishment of the owners' meeting, the maintenance funds are the responsibility of the bank, and the funds are earmarked. No matter how the owners' committee and the property management company change, the maintenance funds will not change, which improves the security of maintenance funds. The original regulation: maintenance funds must be approved by the owners' assembly or the owners' committee authorized by the owners' assembly before they can be used to maintain houses.

New regulations: property service enterprises put forward suggestions for use according to maintenance, renewal and transformation projects; If there is no property service enterprise, the relevant owners will put forward suggestions for use; Proprietary parts account for more than two-thirds of the total construction area and account for more than two-thirds of the total number of people in the use of residential special maintenance funds.

Impact: The new regulations simplify the procedures for the use of maintenance funds, which can well solve the problem of difficult extraction and use of housing maintenance funds that currently plague many communities. The corridor light of a building in a residential area is broken. If there are 30 households in this unit building, as long as 20 of them agree, they can collect maintenance funds.

Four expenses are not included in the special maintenance funds.

According to the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds, the following four expenses shall not be charged from the residential special maintenance funds in the future:

First, the maintenance, renovation and renovation costs of residential parts, facilities and equipment that should be borne by the construction unit or the construction unit according to law;

Two, according to the law should be borne by the relevant units of water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communications, cable television and other pipelines and facilities, maintenance costs;

Three, should be borne by the parties due to man-made damage to residential parts, facilities and equipment required for repair costs;

Four, according to the realty service contract, the realty service enterprise shall bear the maintenance and maintenance costs of residential parts and facilities.