For the record I'm saying this as the owner of a private house on Phoenix where there are no longer any available plots in any wards.

OP I know of multiple FCs that bought houses immediately after housing was released, only for the FC to disband since. Those houses are now sitting unused belonging to a random unsubscribed player that ended up leader of the FC after everyone else left. I know of dozens of cases like this on Phoenix alone and that's not even starting to think of the private house owners that have since quit.

There are hundreds of houses that are sitting in the hands of players or FC leaders that have no intention of ever playing again and you say nothing should be done about it?

We desperately need a solution to free up these plots that will otherwise sit abandoned for the rest of the game's lifespan. I'm sorry if you or others are terrified of losing a house due to some circumstance in your lives leaving you unsure if you will be able to maintain ownership of one but if that is the case then the simple truth is that there are others more deserving of a house. It might sound harsh but when space is so severely limited we simply cannot allow for inactive players to retain ownership of a house because it is ridiculously unfair on those that are active but unable to buy one. It really is that simple.