Sun says that after the disaster the government appropriated NT $ 1.4 billion for the Estate. But most of the money was funneled away by the Ministry of the Interior to other historic site projects, and in the end only NT $ 10 million made it to the Lin Family residence. This was only enough to erect scaffolding and a covering for the ruins.
孫崇傑說，震災後政府原先編列十四億元預算來處理林家古宅，但這筆經費被內政部打散運用到其他的古蹟工程，撥到林家花園的款項剩下一千多萬元，只夠做為搭鋼棚架的補助。