What does the maintenance fund mean? Do I have to pay?

The maintenance fund needs to be paid according to law, and the relevant provisions are as follows:

1. After buying a house, the owner needs to pay the house maintenance fund according to law. Maintenance fund, also known as public maintenance fund, refers to the maintenance cost of public parts and public facilities and equipment of residential buildings;

2. The main maintenance department is divided into the main load-bearing structure of the house, including foundation, internal and external load-bearing walls, etc. In addition, there are outdoor walls, halls, stairs, corridors and other public equipment maintenance and renovation.

What is the purpose of the property maintenance fund?

1. The purpose of the property maintenance fund is: it can be used for local maintenance, renewal and transformation of elevators, roofs, external walls and barrier-free facilities. The owners decided unanimously. The collection and use of maintenance funds for buildings and their ancillary facilities shall be announced regularly;

2. The owners of residential properties, non-residential properties in residential quarters or non-residential properties connected with single residential building structures shall pay special maintenance funds in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state;

3. The special maintenance funds shall be owned by the owner, and shall be used exclusively for the maintenance, renewal and transformation of the parts and facilities of the property after the expiration of the warranty period, and shall not be used for other purposes.

How to apply for a maintenance fund?

1. The owner applies to the owner's committee or neighborhood committee (hereinafter referred to as neighborhood committee) where the house is located;

2. After the neighborhood committee verifies that it belongs to the scope of housing maintenance, and puts forward the detailed budget of housing maintenance and the list of relevant owners who share the housing maintenance costs, it consults the opinions of the owners and accordingly fills out the Application Form for the Use of Self-managed Public Housing Maintenance Fund (both online download and copy can be made) and sends it to the original selling unit;

3. After receiving the application form, the original selling unit shall deposit the maintenance fund in the bank to print the bank deposit statement, and fill in the Approval Form for the Use of the Maintenance Fund for Self-managed Public Housing and the Withdrawal List of the Maintenance Fund for Self-managed Public Housing, and go through the examination procedures for the withdrawal of the maintenance fund at the City Housing Security Center with relevant information;

4. After approval, the original selling unit will deposit the documents and related materials in the bank for transfer according to the opinions of the neighborhood Committee, and directly transfer them into the designated account of the neighborhood Committee, and the neighborhood Committee will use the maintenance funds for the actual maintenance of the house.

Legal basis: Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds.

The owners of commercial housing and non-residential housing shall deposit special housing maintenance funds according to the construction area of their own property, and the amount of the first special housing maintenance funds deposited per square meter of construction area is 5% to 8% of the cost per square meter of local residential construction and installation projects. The competent departments of construction (real estate) of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities and counties shall, according to local conditions, reasonably determine and announce the amount of the first-phase residential special maintenance fund deposited per square meter of construction area, and make timely adjustments.