Will there ever be a way to access housing features....

[DrWho2010]

there are ways of getting access to a garden, you're just choosing not to go any of those routes. gotta work with what you got. devs aren't likely to change this aspect of the game anytime soon.

[Blindheart]

there are ways of getting access to a garden, you're just choosing not to go any of those routes. gotta work with what you got. devs aren't likely to change this aspect of the game anytime soon.

What are the magical ways you describe? So far you have only mentioned go create my own FC... And as was stated that does not magically grant a house.

Should I abandon the FC I'm in and go join another? How likely do you think a FC that has a house will take in a random stranger and let them do whatever they want with their resources?

[Tsubaki75]

What are the magical ways you describe?

You can place flower pots in your fc chambers or in your apartment and grow anything that you can in a garden. They were released some time ago, the only thing you can't do with them is crossbreed

[HyoMinPark]

Should I abandon the FC I'm in and go join another? How likely do you think a FC that has a house will take in a random stranger and let them do whatever they want with their resources?

With regards to garden access and chocobo training, a lot of FCs, from what I know, allow everyone access to those features. Usually the only things that are heavily restricted are FC Chest access, and things like demolishing the house/relinquishing the land. But for simple things like gardening and using the chocobo stables, those are usually open access for all ranks in an FC.

I know that the Apartments have chocobo stables. Do they have the same features as a stable you would have in a personal or FC house? If so, there's your answer to at least training and feeding your chocobo. Still need actual garden plots to crossbreed for Thavnairian Onions though, which flowerpots cannot provide.