To Square Enix, these are the reasons why I am currently unsubbed from the FF14.

[Nestama]

Yoshida says a lot of BS. The housing reclamation goes against that very concept.

That's what a lack of hindsight does (that was said before 2.1 came out). You can say "we will never do this" at first, but once you see a problem a year or so later, "we have to do this" becomes the next best (unpopular) option. Imagine if someone bought a personal mansion, did nothing with it and then left the game permanently. Without housing reclamation, that plot of land would go on to be a waste of resources, since no one can do anything with it.