Hsieh estimated that it costs only NT $ 1.6 million to build a 39-ping home, NT $ 750,000 for materials, NT $ 750,000 for labor, and NT $ 100,000 for project management. If a work-assistance approach were used and locals hired to do the work at NT $ 1,000 per day, "The construction of 1,000 homes could provide 3,000 locals with work for a year."
他估算，興建一戶 132 平方公尺（約 39 坪）的平價房，成本只要 160 萬元（料 75 萬、工 75 萬，管理 10 萬）；若採用「以工代賑」的方式，以日薪 1,000 元僱用當地居民施工，「總計蓋 1,000 間房子，可以提供 3,000 人一年的就業機會。」