In the clash over urban renewal policy in the New Taipei City mayoral race, the focus for homeowners hoping to speed up redevelopment has shifted from "which bureau to set up" to "how to make the process move faster."

• Kuomintang candidate Li Si-chuan has put forward an urban renewal platform he calls "Five Ways to Get Renewal Moving," arguing that the problem with urban renewal is one of speed, not administrative rank.
• His opponent, Su Chiao-hui, favors establishing a dedicated Urban Renewal Bureau. Li opposes splitting off the function, arguing that urban renewal must be aligned with urban planning, and that dividing the work between two bureaus would only add another interface and require further coordination at city hall.
• On the long-standing problem of low job grades for staff at the Urban Renewal Office, the Examination Yuan has already brought the grades of section chiefs into line, which removes the case for an upgrade.
• Instead, he would have the mayor personally convene an "Urban Renewal Promotion Committee" to review stalled cases on a regular basis, identifying which bureau or office a case is stuck in and how to resolve it.
• Floor area ratio benchmarks need a comprehensive review, which involves central government regulations; he said he would go to the Ministry of the Interior's Urban Planning Commission in person to press the case.

Outlook: Urban renewal is set to become one of the main battlegrounds in the New Taipei mayoral race, with debate in the near term still centered on the two competing approaches of "creating a bureau" and "pushing for speed."