Why should I pay the maintenance fund when buying a house?

The housing maintenance fund is mainly used for the overhaul, renewal and transformation of residential parts and facilities after the warranty period expires, so it needs to be paid. The legal basis is Article 4 of the Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Residential Buildings, which stipulates that after the sale of commercial housing and public housing, a maintenance fund for residential parts, facilities and equipment shall be established.

What is a housing maintenance fund?

1. According to the Measures for the Administration of Facilities and Equipment Maintenance Fund in Residential Areas jointly issued by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance 1998, the public maintenance fund is paid by all owners and belongs to all owners. Under normal circumstances, it will be managed by the real estate department. 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.

2. The management of housing maintenance fund will follow the five principles of "unified deposit, special account storage, earmarking, owner's decision-making and government supervision". Housing maintenance fund (housing maintenance fund) actually includes housing public facilities special fund and housing maintenance fund.

3. 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.

4. The housing maintenance fund is used for large and medium-sized repair, renovation and reconstruction projects of public * * * parts and property public * * * facilities and equipment after the warranty period expires. Public part refers to the main load-bearing structure of the property (including load-bearing walls, columns, beams, floors, roofs, etc.). ), outdoor walls, hallways, stairwells, corridors, etc. ;

5. Public facilities and equipment refer to the houses used by sewage pipes, water tanks, pressurization, 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.

How much does the maintenance fund need to pay?

The payment standard of the maintenance fund for selling houses is: property buyers should pay the maintenance fund to the units selling houses according to the proportion of 2%-5.2% of the purchase price. The maintenance fund collected by the selling unit belongs to all owners and is not included in the residential sales income. The collection ratio of maintenance funds shall be determined by the real estate administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

According to the provisions of the Civil Code (implemented on 1 June+10/October/0/day) and the Measures for the Management of Special Maintenance Funds for Houses, which came into effect on February 1 day, 2008, the special maintenance funds for houses are paid by all owners and owned by all owners. Under normal circumstances, the maintenance funds are established under the unified supervision of the real estate management department where the property is located, and the property management company or management unit applies for withdrawal. After the establishment of the owners' committee, more than two thirds of the owners' households and construction area agree to hand over the maintenance funds to the industry committee, which will exercise the management right.