Go to the maintenance fund window to see if your maintenance fund is in place. If it is in place, you should collect the bill of the maintenance fund at the window, and you can go through the formalities of closing the house after confirming that the maintenance fund has been paid.

Housing maintenance fund actually includes housing public facilities special fund and housing maintenance fund. The special fund for housing public facilities is referred to as the special fund, which is used for projects such as the renovation of common parts of property and public facilities and equipment, and shall not be used for other purposes. Special funds to implement the principle of "money with the house". When the house is transferred, the remaining funds in the account are also transferred to the new owner of the house.

China's housing maintenance fund system began in 1998. In 2004, the housing maintenance fund evolved into a fee that must be paid for housing property certificates. Its payment standard has also changed from the initial "2%-3% of the purchase price" to "5%-8% of the cost per square meter of residential construction and installation projects" in 2008. According to the newly revised Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Residential Buildings in 2007, public maintenance funds are earmarked for the maintenance of public facilities in residential quarters and are owned by all owners. But before the establishment of the owners' committee, the funds were generally managed by the real estate administrative department.