Legal analysis: every household needs to pay the maintenance fund when buying a new house. In other words, the maintenance fund must be paid. If you don't pay, it will do great harm to your interests.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds The owners of the following properties shall deposit residential special maintenance funds in accordance with the provisions of these Measures:

(a) residence, except that it is jointly owned by the owners and does not use parts and facilities with other properties;

(2) Non-residential buildings in residential quarters or non-residential buildings connected with single residential structures outside residential quarters.

If the property listed in the preceding paragraph belongs to the sale of public housing, the selling unit shall deposit special housing maintenance funds in accordance with the provisions of these measures.