Strange things were happening such as turning the houses over to government agencies, reselling them at low price after confiscation, or dividing the rooms up among town residents.
結果像僑房被移作公家單位使用，或十幾戶人家「擠佔」一戶僑房，或是沒收後又以極低價格拍賣轉手、再將所得由鄉人瓜分等等的怪現象，紛紛出現。