(a) the housing maintenance fund must be used for residential public parts and public facilities and equipment;

(2) used after the warranty period;

(3) Obtaining the consent of more than two-thirds of the relevant income owners.

After meeting these three conditions, property buyers can apply to the housing management center. In addition to property buyers, residential properties or owners' committees can also apply, and the housing management center will give approval as appropriate.

Difficulties usually encountered in the process of starting the housing maintenance fund

Mainly the third, more than two-thirds of the owners must agree, and there are at least hundreds of owners in a community, which means that at least hundreds of owners must sign it before it can pass, so the workload will be very large. Assuming that the maintenance fund is used for public elevators, residents on the first floor will refuse to sign because they don't use elevators often. In addition, some owners who have not applied for real estate licenses and failed to pay housing maintenance funds cannot participate in signing contracts; It will be difficult to contact some owners who have been away for a long time or rented their houses. All these will make it particularly difficult to collect the opinions of the owners.

Even if it is lucky to get the consent of two-thirds of the owners, it will take a complicated examination and approval procedure to activate the housing maintenance fund, which usually takes several months to be approved. If there is no industry committee in a community, the owners pay different fees and the property management level is poor, it is almost impossible to activate the fund.

Maintenance funds are generally shared by the owner in proportion during use. Once you need to apply for the use of maintenance funds, the expenses that should be borne by the owners who have deposited the housing maintenance funds can be directly deducted from their maintenance fund accounts. Owners who have not deposited special housing maintenance funds need to bear the maintenance costs themselves, and relevant owners such as community owners' committees can urge them to deliver them in time. If the owner who has not deposited the special maintenance fund for the house fails to bear the maintenance cost according to the regulations, other owners may bring a lawsuit to the court for recovery.