Quote Originally Posted by Celef View Post
They did not do it for the last plot addition
They effectively did, (and permanently rather than just the first week as Deceptus suggested). The last plot addition was regular plots, and there's already a rule that you can't have more than one. With the coming of apartments, the rule is being expanded to where you can have both a personal house and a personal apartment, so people with a home already are eligible to buy another (albeit smaller) one. (I don't actually know why you'd want both, though.)

I see nothing wrong in letting people without a house get first dibs.