Look I get it that it sucks some people might lose some of their houses but you can't deny that SE obviously do not encourage players to have houses on their alts. The game is literally designed so that you can do everything on one character. Having an alt grants little to no advantage to mains. SE do not encourage the playing of alts, you can even have a subscription that pays for just one character per server.

Just because you are able to do something doesn't mean it was intended by the devs. Housing in this game is riddled with poor planning and the massive oversight of letting alts also have as many houses as a main is one of them. It's about time SE address this.

I sincerely hope they do not grandfather anyone, because this would mean more players would have access to housing. This would mean more happier players. It would also make more sense and be more fair on the player population as a whole if we all are subjected to identical restrictions.