China News Service, February 27. According to the WeChat public account of the Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission, on February 27, the Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission, together with the Municipal Housing Fund Management Center, issued the "Beijing Interim Measures for Housing Rental Deposit Custody and Rent Supervision (Draft for Comments)" )" public opinion solicitation announcement, it is planned to clearly include housing rents in supervision.
For housing leasing companies that collect more than three months of rent at a time, they need to deposit the excess rent into a third-party special account, and tenants can check the amount in the rent supervision account by themselves.
Article 36 of the "Beijing Housing Leasing Regulations" stipulates that the deposit collected by the housing leasing enterprise from the lessee shall be escrowd through a third-party special account. If the amount of rent collected in a single time exceeds three months' rent, the overcharged rent shall be included in the supervision , and it is clarified that the deposit collected by the housing rental enterprise shall be held in a third-party special account.
The "Draft for Comments" strictly implements the provisions of the "Beijing Housing Leasing Regulations", further formulates relevant implementation details, clarifies the account subjects, and standardizes the deposit custody and rent supervision business processes.
The "Draft for Comments" clarifies that the Municipal Housing Fund Management Center will establish the city's deposit custody and rent supervision accounts in the banks selected for bidding to manage deposits and corresponding rents.
At the same time, the "Draft for Comments" clarifies that the Municipal Housing Fund Management Center, together with the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission and the Beijing Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, will comprehensively integrate bank management capabilities, service efficiency, research and development levels, operating conditions and other factors, adhering to fairness, justice, and Supervisory banks are selected through an open, principled tender.
The "Draft for Comments" stipulates that the deposit shall be deposited into the deposit custody account according to the time and amount stipulated in the housing lease contract. In terms of rent, if the amount of rent collected at a time exceeds three months, the rent shall be deposited into the rent supervision account according to the time and amount stipulated in the contract.
The three-month rent portion is transferred to the housing leasing enterprise account within one day, and the remaining rent is transferred on a monthly basis. The amount of each transfer is one month's rent.
In order to ensure the timely return of deposits and rents, the "Draft for Comments" stipulates that within one working day after the expiration or termination of a housing leasing contract, housing leasing companies should provide opinions on the return of deposits and rents, and clarify whether to deduct deposits or rents and the details of the proposed deductions.
If the lessee agrees to the refund opinion, the deposit and rent will be refunded according to the refund opinion; if the lessee disagrees, it can be resolved through negotiation, mediation, litigation, arbitration and other channels.
In order to strengthen supervision and management, the "Draft for Comments" on the one hand clarifies the parties' inquiry channels, stipulating that the lessee can inquire the amount in his deposit custody and rent supervision account through the contract registration number and other information; on the other hand, it clearly strengthens law enforcement supervision and stipulates that for daily If the supervision finds that the deposit custody and rent supervision have not been performed or there are operational risks, the funds in the rent supervision account can be suspended to the housing leasing enterprise, and the funds in the supervision account shall be allocated by the housing and construction management department of each district; for the failure to perform the deposit custody and rent supervision in accordance with the regulations, Rent supervision, or failure to return the remaining deposit and rent on time will be punished in accordance with the "Beijing Housing Leasing Regulations" and other laws and regulations.
In addition, the "Draft for Comments" clearly encourages the use of digital renminbi in deposit custody and rent supervision to ensure the safety of deposits and rents of leasing parties.
Source: WeChat official account of Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission