Fact 1: OP lost his house and understands why, not angry, just disappointed. Fact 2: (The real BS) OP also lost all "housing" items, receiving no compensation, is very unhappy about this practice and so comes here to talk to others and voice his story and concerns. Fact 3: We all know why they instituted this process, to force you to keep paying every month no matter what. A "use it or lose it" all policy. I think it's a BS way to do business but it's not my game, I just choose to play it. I have been playing about 2 yrs now and if I didn't have a house yet due to none available, I would of moved on. If I ever have to quit for a while and unable to play, I will already know that all my housing stuff is gone so I will play something else and never use a SE product again. As I stated in another post. There are other games out there that don't take everything should your personal circumstance change for a while which are quite satisfactory in comparison to this one.