I'm fairly sure that the dev's know what they are doing here. At first I had thought it was some oversight to make them so cheap. But I don't think this has never really been about fixing the housing problem. It's a system that is becoming harder and harder to fix. Making them cheaper and making it a mad dash just puts everyone on a even playing field like people have said. What's the reason for doing this? I'd suggest it's to get people to resub so they get a whack at it. It's just a large lottery to get people interested in playing again. And sure, some people will get more than one house the way things stand, but they will have to move quick! Everything is going to be gone in under 10minutes. Good luck even logging in after maintenance really. Log in server is going to get hammered by people trying to log in to spend their gil on a cheap house and the server might crash. It's kind of a publicity stunt I guess. Now if someone doesn't get a house, it's not because there aren't any. It's because they didn't win the lottery... Lady luck didn't smile on them I guess...