Is there even any housing left on Aether?

[Krotoan]

I don't feel like that's going to do much. I can see people simply logging in here and there to keep their stuff from being deleted.

There will be at least some houses freeing up. Between people who aren't coming back after the expansion announcement to people who have simply moved on to other games, there's gonna be some. People have gotten out of the habit and some houses will open up. Keep an eye out at least.