I mean it's pretty clear all SE wanted this time around was to give FCs access to any house / workshop, no matter the preference or size. That's why relocation was allowed, since it still freed up a house somewhere and why they haven't really said anything about the FCs owning wards or people using alts or making sham fcs. I mean when the Shiro thing happened, they apologized and said they would add more. At this point it's fairly clear by their actions they had no interest in individuals getting a house or fcs getting a preferred or larger size house, just them getting any so they have access to their workshop. Which if that was their only goal this time around, it worked. Though it also didn't appease everyone and still upset a lot of people, especially since there wasn't a lot of communication on their intent this time around.

I think their main focus after this might be to make apartments larger and possibly with that pseudo patio thing, add gardening and access to some outdoor furniture to apartments as well. At least this is what I'm speculating and hoping. I don't really think there's much they can to get everyone into houses because of server limitations and just how many individuals want housing. I'm sure there's more they could/should have done but it's clear their intent was really just for fcs to get any house right now and then anyone else was an after thought.

As a note I'm not defending them or anything but it's clear this ward add-on was rushed as a result of what happened with Shiro and had a very specific intent in mind.