New servers and data centers are not the solution to the housing crisis.

[Canadane]

Another solution is to be rid of personal housing entirely. People should stop coveting these places and just allow FCs to house their people.

[Ilyrian]

Another solution is to be rid of personal housing entirely. People should stop coveting these places and just allow FCs to house their people.

I imagine if SE could go back in time they would make this happen.
They clearly can't/won't make the change: so time machine it is then.

[Jojoya]

Another solution is to be rid of personal housing entirely. People should stop coveting these places and just allow FCs to house their people.

Making housing limited to FCs doesn't get rid of personal housing. It just creates more hoops to jump through to obtain it.

I am thinking of trying to get a house on the new NA servers and utilizing the new data center travel tool to continue to play with my friends! (And they can come visit!) It's win-win!

Keep in mind that local economies on the new worlds will be dead for some time since players will be able to use data center travel to buy what they want while few players will have incentive to travel to the new worlds to make purchases to bring more gil in. Materia managed because they had no choice other than to be self-reliant - they could not spend outside of Materia.

Those who struggle to make gil or rely heavily on the marketboard to do it may want to think twice about moving to the new NA worlds.

[Avenger]

Another solution is to be rid of personal housing entirely. People should stop coveting these places and just allow FCs to house their people.

I also thought SE's original scheme of wards for FC housing and apartments for personal housing (as in the oft-repeated Yoshi-p quote about personal housing being "much more affordable") was fine, but I doubt they could go back at this point.

The limited supply really does seem to be creating a frenzy of demand.

I could imagine them adding moggardens to apartments but it won't satisfy forum demands for "instanced housing."