Yes, in the future, the public maintenance costs of houses will be paid from the maintenance fund. The use of the maintenance fund must be signed by more than half of the residents in the building, and reported to the Housing Authority for approval after being signed by the owners' committee. When buying a first-hand house, that is, a house bought from a developer, you must pay the public maintenance fund when handling the real estate license. This money varies from place to place, some are 2% of the house price, and some are 200 yuan per square meter.

First, the use of housing maintenance funds must meet the following conditions:

1, the special maintenance funds are fully collected in place, and the maintenance projects are in line with the scope of maintenance funds;

2, public parts, public facilities and equipment warranty expires;

3, involving the property management area or all the owners, the owners have agreed in writing.

Two, the use of property maintenance fund are:

1. The property maintenance fund is mainly used for the maintenance and renewal of the main structure, public parts and public facilities and equipment of the house after the warranty period expires.

2 after the expiration of the warranty period, the maintenance funds can only be used if the common parts, facilities and equipment of the property are repaired or updated. The specific owners shall share the cost proportion according to the determination standard of voting rights.

3. When the maintenance funds are idle, it is forbidden to use them for other purposes except purchasing government bonds or risk-free financial management.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds

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. The competent departments of construction (real estate) of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities and counties shall, according to local conditions, reasonably determine and announce the amount of the first-phase residential special maintenance fund deposited per square meter of construction area, and make timely adjustments.

Article 8 Where public housing is sold, the special housing maintenance fund shall be deposited in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The owner shall deposit the special housing maintenance fund according to the construction area of the property he owns, and the amount of the first special housing maintenance fund deposited 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.