XI's instanced housing was more closely analogous to the FC rooms, in terms of size and customization. Later on, they added personal Mog Gardens, but those couldn't really be customized at all, just upgraded in very pre-defined ways.

The big advantage that XI's instanced Mog House had over the FC rooms in XIV was that you could garden in pots there. In fact, that was the ONLY way to garden for nearly a decade.

If SE added gardening pots and a means of dying chocobos to an instanced room, it'd be a great bridge solution. But ultimately the only way they're going to fix the housing problem long term is more housing.

it not only limits the actual number of available homes but also has given us an amateurish housing interface allowing for 0 creativity at all...shameful
I will disagree with this statement. I find the creativity displayed in the houses to be outstanding - some of the things people have done within the limited interface is amazing.

That's why it's imperative that more people be allowed to have access to this.