Can I report people for buying multiple houses?

[Yshtola]

On this particular point, I think SE needs to get their priorities straight. They are worried about offending the four people in the datacenter who are buying all properties in a single neighborhood and just sitting on them, at the expense of the thousands other players.

I say those grandfathered players can suck an egg. If SE tomorrow came out with an announcement saying: "All FC's that are found to be holding more than one property have one month to reduce their holdings down to one FC property. Afterward, there will be systematic closings of ownership as properties at random will re-enter the market."

Very few people would be angry at this announcement. Those that are, can put on their big boy/girl shorts and deal with it. If SE wants to reimburse these grandfathered player's Gil per house value, that's MORE than fair. It's more than they should expect though. I honestly don't think these people deserve reimbursement, as they KNOW the intention Devs have for the housing system, and they've made a conscious choice to find work-arounds/exploits to go against that intention.

Housing availability is woefully sparse and SE for years has essentially buried their heads in the sand when asked about people who horde this limited resource.

It's funny when people like you come in and start blaming those "four people", who actually use their houses mind you, when the biggest problem is the majority *cough* personal housing *cough* of the house owners. There is no workaround. There is no exploit. Those only exist in the alternate reality you choose to live.

You speak of housing as being sparse. Back in the days, there was 27,450 plots... total. Now the game is currently sitting at 342,720 plots, with a dozen thousand plots available.

Catch up.