When applying for a real estate certificate, you must pay a building maintenance fund.

Legal Basis "Measures for the Management of Special Residential Maintenance Funds"

Article 7 Owners of commercial residential buildings and non-residential owners must deposit special residential maintenance funds according to the building area of ??the properties they own. The amount of the first phase of special residential maintenance funds deposited per square meter of building area is 5% to 8% of the cost per square meter of local residential building installation projects.

The construction (real estate) competent departments of the people's governments of municipalities, cities, and counties shall reasonably determine and announce the amount of the first phase of special residential maintenance funds per square meter of building area based on the local conditions, and make timely adjustments.

Article 8 When selling public housing, special housing maintenance funds shall be deposited in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The owner shall deposit special housing maintenance funds according to the building area of ??the property owned, The amount of the first-phase housing special maintenance fund per square meter of construction area is 2% of the local housing reform cost.

(2) The unit that sells a house shall withdraw no less than 20% of the sales price for multi-story residential buildings and no less than 30% of the sales price for high-rise residential buildings, and shall withdraw special housing maintenance in one go from the sales price. funds.

Article 9: The special residential maintenance funds deposited by the owner belong to the owner.

The special housing maintenance funds withdrawn from the sales proceeds of public housing belong to the unit selling the public housing.

Article 10: Before the establishment of the owners' meeting, the special residential maintenance funds deposited by commercial residential owners and non-residential owners shall be managed by the construction (real estate) competent department of the people's government of the municipality, city, and county where the property is located.

The construction (real estate) competent departments of the people's governments of municipalities, cities and counties shall entrust a local commercial bank to serve as a special account management bank for special residential maintenance funds within the administrative region, and open a special account management bank Special account for residential maintenance funds.

When opening a special account for residential maintenance funds, the account should be set up based on the property management area, and separate accounts should be set up according to the house door number; if the property management area is not demarcated, the account should be set up per building. , set up separate accounts according to the house door number.

Article 11: Before the owners' meeting is established, special maintenance funds for public-owned housing sold will be managed by the financial department or the construction (real estate) department of the people's government of the municipality, city, or county where the property is located.

The department responsible for managing special maintenance funds for public housing shall entrust a local commercial bank to serve as a special account management bank for special maintenance funds for public housing within the administrative region, and open a public account in the special account management bank. Special account for housing maintenance funds.

When opening a special account for special maintenance funds for public housing, accounts should be set up according to the unit selling the house, and separate accounts should be set up according to the building; among them, the special maintenance funds deposited by the owner should be divided into accounts according to the house number. account.

Article 12 The owners of commercial housing shall deposit the first phase of special housing maintenance funds into the special housing maintenance fund account before going through the house check-in procedures.

Owners of public housing that have been sold should deposit the first phase of the special housing maintenance funds into the special public housing maintenance fund account before going through the house check-in procedures or hand it over to the selling unit to deposit it into the special public housing maintenance fund account. Maintenance fund account.

Public housing selling units shall deposit the special housing maintenance funds withdrawn into the public housing housing special maintenance fund account within 30 days from the date of receipt of the sales payment.