How about instead of removing people's houses, you add more wards so others have an opportunity to own without revoking what current owners work hard for and sink time/gil on. So long as the account is active (even if it wasn't) this seems quite unfair.

I spent the better part of a year, as a solo player, farming, gathering and crafting in order to afford my plot. I spent even more decorating and planning out my estate. However I ended up getting sick at the end of October (even spent time in the hospital) and didn’t fully recover until recently only to log in and find my house gone. Since I had been continuing to pay my subscription fee, I believed my status would have remained unchanged. I never did receive the warnings that you claim to send at various stages in removal. All I got was both a 3 day and 10 day warning on Christmas eve. -Dec 24- telling me that I would lose my house the next day (on Christmas, thx). I've already messaged support about this but never heard back.