My only question is if after all the disappointment that accompanied the price announcements (instead of the celebration it was supposed to be) people will still care about housing when (if) they make it affordable.

Personally I don't care anymore, and not really sure if I'll be still playing when individual housing is added. But talk about housing (prices or otherwise) seems to be slowing down considerably both in game and in the forums. Before at least people had the energy to complain about it, but now it's more of a "meh, whatever" kind of situation.