Over the last two years, there have also been a number of instances of buildings built on slopelands falling down, leading the government to ban the construction of buildings on slopes of over 30 degrees. While this may have alleviated the slopeland problem, it has left firms which bought large tracts of slopeland for development in the lurch.
這兩年山坡地建築頻頻發生坍方倒塌，政府又驟然宣佈三十度以上的山坡地一律禁建，讓手上抱滿山坡地、準備伺機開發的業者慘遭套牢。