Funny how everyone with a house are the one's against it; lack of perspective maybe?

Regardless, the idea would help a lot to cut down on house sellers and force people to stay active if they want a house. If you want to take a break; go for it! That doesn't mean you should get to slap your name on a useless house while you take your personal time, stopping other's from accessing content that you'd rather have sit there.

The new wards won't fix any issues either, they'll let new people grab plots, but they'll quickly be snatched away and we'll be right here again. Housing should be for active players, and working for some pocket change every 2 weeks will not kill you. If the game isn't worth that for you, then relinquish the plot because there are active players who love the game and would enjoy it a lot more than it sitting there empty for you to pop in and out of every once and a while.