Urban regeneration is a public issue involving open and pluralistic discourse, responds Lin, so he doesn't dismiss such criticisms outright. But his view is that, considering the decrepit condition of Bopiliao and the fact that nothing had been done to maintain the original mud brick walls and wooden floorboards, even if only from the point of view of safety there was no getting around extensive renovation.
林建元說，都市再生是個開放多元討論的公共議題，以剝皮寮屋況破敗，原有土埆牆和樓板多已年久失修的程度，即使從安全角度考量，也有整建的必要。