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The Branch may order a landlord to withdraw money from a reserve fund and apply it to the operating costs for a complex or the Branch may not allow a landlord to contribute more money to a reserve fund. When considering this kind of order, the Branch asks the landlord if there has been a reserve fund study done. If there has been a study, the landlord will likely have set aside reserve fund money for a specific repair or replacement. The Branch would usually consider only the excess or "unreserved" portion of the fund. If there is no reserve fund study, the Branch needs to estimate and infer what the balance in the fund needs to be to cover future repair and replacement costs.
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