Legal analysis: Give it to the developer. Under normal circumstances, the maintenance fund is collected by the selling unit and then handed over to the local real estate administration for escrow, so the owner should hand over the maintenance fund to the developer, not the real estate administration. In fact, the housing maintenance fund includes the special fund for housing public facilities and the housing maintenance fund, which are used for projects such as the renovation of common parts of property and public facilities and equipment, and may not be used for other purposes.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Residential Buildings The owners of the following properties shall deposit special maintenance funds for residential buildings in accordance with the provisions of these Measures: (1) The residence is owned by one owner, except that it has no * * * use parts with other properties and uses facilities and equipment; (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.