Legal analysis: for the garage purchased by the owners in the community, if it is an above-ground parking space, the property rights will not be divided independently, belonging to all owners, and there is no need to pay the maintenance fund. For the underground garage, if the owner buys a garage with independent property rights, he needs to pay; If it is only paid for use and there is no independent property right, there is no need to pay the maintenance fund.

Legal basis: According to the provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds issued by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance 165:

Article 7 The owners of commercial residential and non-residential houses shall deposit special maintenance funds for houses according to the construction area of their own properties, and the amount of the first special maintenance funds for houses deposited per square meter of construction area shall be 5% to 8% of the construction and installation cost of local houses per square meter.

Eighth sale of public housing, in accordance with the following provisions of the deposit of residential special maintenance funds:

(1) The owner shall deposit the special maintenance fund for the house according to the construction area of the property he owns, and the amount of the first special maintenance fund for the house per square meter of construction area shall be 2% of the local housing reform cost price.

(two) units selling houses shall, in accordance with the proportion of not less than 20% of multi-storey houses and not less than 30% of high-rise houses, draw a one-time special maintenance fund for houses from the sales funds.