1. The public housing maintenance fund refers to the one-time payment that the selling unit collects from the purchaser according to the sales contract when selling the commercial housing. The public maintenance fund cannot be overdue, which is very unfavorable for safeguarding the owner's own rights and interests;

2. The public * * * maintenance fund is used for the maintenance and conservation of the public * * * part of the house and the public * * * area of the residential area. The funds paid must be transparent and must not be used for other purposes. Owners need to pay the public maintenance fund in time, and its ownership belongs to the owner of the house, which is collected by the house developer and strictly supervised by the housing management department.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds.

The * * * part of the house as mentioned in these Measures refers to the * * * part shared by the owner of a single house or the owner of a single house and its connected non-residential owners according to the laws, regulations and the house sales contract, and generally includes: the foundation, load-bearing walls, columns, beams, floors, roofs, outdoor walls, hallways, stairwells, corridors, etc.

The measures referred to in * * facilities and equipment refers to the ancillary facilities and equipment used by residential owners or residential owners and related non-residential owners according to laws, regulations and house sales contracts, generally including elevators, antennas, lighting, fire-fighting facilities, green spaces, roads, street lamps, ditches, pools, wells, non-operating parking garages, public cultural and sports facilities and facilities and equipment used in * * * rooms.

Article 4

The management of residential special maintenance funds shall follow the principles of special account storage, earmarking, owner's decision-making and government supervision.

Article 5

The State Council construction administrative department in conjunction with the financial department of the State Council is responsible for the guidance and supervision of the national residential special maintenance funds.

The competent department of construction (real estate) of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, jointly with the financial department at the same level, be responsible for the guidance and supervision of the special housing maintenance funds within their respective administrative areas.