The delays and the fact that the government was unable to make sufficient land available also compelled cuts in the total number of units, from 3,700 to 2,700. Tzu Chi's ethos is to do its best at everything it undertakes. Even though the Great Love villages encountered numerous obstacles on their way to completion, they were very well designed.
而原先 3,700 間的計劃，也因時間遞延以及政府遲遲無法提出適當的土地，而被迫減為 2,700 間。