At that time it was specially stipulated in the land reform law that the houses of overseas Chinese were acquired through their efforts abroad. Except for those houses that were rented out and definitely involved "exploitation" and which had to undergo "national reform," the government could not confiscate those houses in which the families of overseas Chinese were living or those rented out which did not exceed 150 square meters.
當年土地改革法中曾有特別規定，華僑的房產是離鄉背井，在海外打工得來的心血錢，除了大批出租、的確有「剝削」意味的房屋，必須經由「國家改造」外，其餘眷屬住的，或出租不超過一百五十平方米（一平方米約合○．三坪）的，國家不能沒收。