1. It is stipulated by the state to pay when handling the real estate license. This is not a tax, but the owner gives it to the Housing Authority for safekeeping and then transfers it to the property management company for use.

You are using this house now, of course you have to pay.

One question is: didn't the former owner use the fund during the use of the house? If there is evidence that the former owner used part of the maintenance fund during his residence, he can ask the former owner to pay for the used part, which should be inquired through the property management. Unused ones must have been handed in. You are using it. Why should someone pay for it?