The maintenance fund is paid when buying a house and needs to be paid in one lump sum. After paying the maintenance fund, the daily maintenance fund of the community will be in place. Housing warranty expires, the need to transform the community public facilities, you can use the housing maintenance fund. Moreover, when using the maintenance fund, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the owners' meeting, and it can only be used after obtaining the consent of more than two-thirds of the owners.

Housing special maintenance funds do not include the following expenditures:

1. The construction unit shall be responsible for the extra repair costs and equipment replacement costs caused by the fault of the construction unit;

2. The property has reached cooperation with relevant enterprises, so that the enterprises can provide security services and daily maintenance of housing infrastructure. When the security facilities fail, the repair costs shall be borne by the relevant enterprises;

3. If the loss of the house is man-made, the parties concerned shall be solely responsible for the related repair costs;

4. According to the relevant contract, the expenses that should be paid by the property need not be paid by the special housing maintenance fund.

To sum up, the housing maintenance fund as a kind of "old-age medical insurance" for houses is very necessary. When the public facilities of the house are damaged, the money can be used to pay for maintenance. The maintenance fund is jointly raised by the owners of the property, who enjoy the ownership of the maintenance fund according to the proportion of payment, but the right to use it belongs to all owners.

Legal basis:

Measures for the administration of residential special maintenance funds

Article 6

The owners of the following properties shall deposit special residential maintenance funds in accordance with the provisions of these Measures:

(a) residence, except that it is jointly owned by the owners and does not use parts and facilities with other properties;

(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. 1