When i started playing, there were a few medium and large houses available for sale. By the time i got a character to 50 and saved up the gil to buy one, they were all snapped up. Every patch since I hold out hope that they do SOMETHING, and always disappointed.

Housing relinquishment happening on Christmas is a bit of a slap in the face. If they pop at 12AM UTC on the 45th day, that may mean it will be right in the middle of dinner for my family and I.

I'm now an fc leader with a rank 8, and i have friends that are considering joining other fc's for at least a short time just to level/color their chocobos. How can I not blame them?

I looked up every single owner and fc in lavender beds on my server, and if the ratio is the same for all 2 areas, about 18% of the housing has a fairly high potential to open up. We'll see - I'm trying to not get my hopes up. Insight from development about what else is planned to open up this feature to others would be really appreciated.