Minzu Village had been virtually leveled by the storm. When the villagers pulled out, Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-hsing persuaded them to move into permanent housing that the Tzu Chi Foundation was building in the plains. But then the villagers learned that accepting this housing meant signing waivers barring their return to their original residences.
當初由於民族村傷亡慘重，幾乎形同滅村，撤村下山後在楊秋興縣長遊說下，他們同意搬到慈濟興建的山下永久屋。