Adressing the roots of the housing problem

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I think that grandfathering in owners of multiple homes is the right choice. With that said, I also think it could be a good idea to provide some sort of incentive for those owning multiple homes to free them up. Nothing outrageous, just a full refund and something like chocobo feathers to buy mounts or something. In this way, a multi-owner gets a little something for their trouble and more houses become available.

[LalaRu]

... a multi-owner gets a little something for their trouble ...

Which trouble? They monopolized a resource and now we have to give them a reward for doing so?

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

Which trouble? They monopolized a resource and now we have to give them a reward for doing so?

They went through the trouble of earning the gil, purchasing the properties, decorating them, and by giving them up will no longer have use of them. I can understand why you might want to see people who "monopolize a resource" as bad guys, but that's not really fair when the system itself was designed so that anyone with the resources could buy as many homes as they wanted. That was a mistake on SE's part.

Just taking those properties away without any compensation is obviously unfair and likely not on the table at all, so the next best thing is to give those grandfathered in some incentive to voluntarily release those properties. Expecting someone to just give something up without any sort of compensation is unrealistic and demonizing them for using the system exactly as it worked is entirely unfair.