The maintenance fund should be paid when buying a house. According to the Measures for the Management of Facilities and Equipment Maintenance Fund in Residential Areas jointly issued by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance, the public housing maintenance fund is paid by all owners and owned by all owners. Under normal circumstances, it is managed by the real estate department. After the establishment of the owners' committee, the housing maintenance fund will be handed over to the industry committee, which will exercise the management right.

What are the procedures for using the maintenance fund?

1, application stage

The application for using the maintenance fund shall be submitted by the owners' committee to the management organization, and the maintenance plan and maintenance cost budget allocation list shall be formulated. In the property area where the owners' committee has not been established to implement property management, the owners' assembly or the relevant owners' assembly entrusts the property service enterprise to apply to the management organization, and organizes the formulation of maintenance plan and maintenance cost budget allocation list. In areas where property management is not implemented, the owners' assembly or the relevant owners' assembly shall entrust the community residents' committee in the area where the property is located to apply to the management organization, and organize the formulation of maintenance plans and maintenance cost budget allocation lists.

Submit the following materials:

(1) Apply for use;

(two) the certificate of the establishment of the owners' committee or the power of attorney authorized by the owners' congress;

(3) the original project completion acceptance certificate or other relevant materials (special equipment should provide annual inspection certificate, such as elevators, fire fighting equipment, etc.). );

(4) Maintenance plan;

(5) Maintenance cost budget allocation inventory.

After receiving the application, the management organization shall organize on-site investigation within seven working days, and review the maintenance plan and maintenance cost budget allocation list.

2. Voting stage

Belong to the scope of use of maintenance funds, notify the owners' committee or the entrusted unit in writing to publicize the maintenance plan and maintenance cost budget allocation list in an appropriate position within the property area for seven days, solicit the opinions of the owners involved and supplement them, and make a written resolution according to the law by more than two thirds of the owners.

The owners' meeting or relevant owners' meeting may vote by collective discussion or by soliciting opinions in writing.

3. Approved allocation stage

Before construction, the owners' committee or the entrusted unit shall go through the formalities of allocating maintenance funds to the management institution with the following materials:

(1) resolutions of the owners' meeting and publicity certificate;

(2) Maintenance project construction contract;

(3) Other relevant materials as prescribed by laws and regulations.

After reviewing the relevant materials within fifteen working days, the management organization will transfer the maintenance expenses to the account agreed in the maintenance project construction contract according to the project image progress.