Can the public maintenance fund be used to paint the corridor of the property?

The public maintenance fund can be used to paint the corridor of the property. The corridor belongs to the public part of the community and is within the scope of the maintenance fund.

According to the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds

Article 3 The * * * house use part mentioned in these Measures refers to the part that belongs to the owners in a single house or the owners in a single house and the non-residential owners connected with the structure according to the laws, regulations and the house sales contract, and generally includes: foundation, load-bearing walls, columns, beams, floors, roofs, outdoor walls, hallways, stairwells, corridors, etc.

The measures referred to in * * facilities and equipment refers to the ancillary facilities and equipment used by residential owners or residential owners and related non-residential owners according to laws, regulations and house sales contracts, generally including elevators, antennas, lighting, fire-fighting facilities, green spaces, roads, street lamps, ditches, pools, wells, non-operating parking garages, public cultural and sports facilities and facilities and equipment used in * * * rooms.

Article 4

The management of residential special maintenance funds shall follow the principles of special account storage, earmarking, owner's decision-making and government supervision.