The ownership of the housing maintenance fund belongs to the owner, and the industry committee is responsible for the centralized management and use of the housing maintenance fund. According to the second paragraph of Article 9 1 of the Criminal Law, the maintenance fund should be regarded as public property. Article 5 of the Measures for the Administration of Maintenance Funds for Facilities and Equipment Used in Residential Areas issued by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance stipulates that the maintenance funds collected by the selling unit shall be owned by all owners. Article 7 stipulates that when the maintenance fund is idle, the motorcade can be used to buy national debt or used outside the scope stipulated by laws and regulations, and it is strictly forbidden to use it for other purposes; Article 18 stipulates that if the maintenance fund escrow unit misappropriates maintenance funds or causes losses of maintenance funds in violation of these measures, the local financial department and the real estate administrative department shall handle it according to the regulations. If the circumstances are serious, the administrative responsibility of the directly responsible personnel and leaders shall be investigated. The maintenance fund in this case was raised and paid by residents. Legally speaking, it belongs to all residents. Misappropriation of maintenance funds has caused the loss of collective interests, which belongs to the crime of duty embezzlement and can be prosecuted to the local police station or procuratorate.