According to the Measures for the Management of Facilities and Equipment Maintenance Fund for * * * Parts of Housing jointly issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Finance:

1. When selling commercial housing, the buyer and the seller shall sign an agreement on the payment of the housing maintenance fund, and the buyer shall pay the housing maintenance fund to the seller at the rate of 2-3% of the purchase price.

2. The maintenance fund collected by the selling unit belongs to all the owners and is not included in the residential sales income.

3. The current standards for depositing the first-phase special maintenance funds are: 9 yuan per square meter for high-rise buildings (including multi-storey buildings with elevators) and 5 yuan per square meter for multi-storey buildings (including villas).