This game is on a terrible state right now.

[ForteNightshade]

The system is garbage, but to say its designed to keep subs, is pretty silly.
Maybe Im different, idk, if Im not playing the game anymore and dont wanna pay for it, then, bye.
I wont Financially shackle myself to a game for something like that. A house in a Videogame just is not -That- Important to me.

But I guess you could say rent for it is cheaper then IRL rent XD

While I don't doubt removing inactive house owners is a factor, if it were the only consideration they wouldn't make it a relatively short 45 days which just so happens to make it impossible to unsub during a full patch cycle. If they implemented it in such a way that demolition only happened during the launch of a new major patch (say 6.4 for argument sake) then I'd be inclined to agree they're just doing it to clean out long lapsed players. Keep in mind, Yoshida once said they would never force players to remain subbed to keep their houses. Someone even has that exact quote in their signature. Now he may still feel that way but I suspect Square Enix doesn't. After all, the company as a whole has long been pretty slimy about chasing money trends.