• Offering larger apartments would definitely help.
  • I keep seeing rumors about Ishgard housing... so that would help, too, even if it wouldn't fix the root of the problem.
  • I like the idea of letting tenants have private chambers. Maybe even just... stick a door to them outside the house. Sub-basement apartment. :P
  • If we're really going to stick with the ward system, though... I've seen a lot of suggestions for a lottery of some kind on who gets houses that are demolished. It's not ideal, but it's better than bashing your head against your keyboard spam clicking a placard for an entire day to no avail. I've seen similar ward systems with an auction system for this, but then you end up with insane prices on the houses (had a fun time getting a house in Aion...). Maybe a weighted lottery so the first 20 people have higher odds of winning, or something.
  • Not sure if it's feasible or even possible, but just... adding more houses to current wards. Or adding new types of plots - plots with more than one house, sort of like a mini apartment/townhouse where 2-3 people can sit on the same plot and you're buying space on it. Same amount of data used probably (idk, not a server expert) but you could fit more houses in less space without having it look too cramped.
  • And yeah... some kind of separate FC housing system. Maybe an FC only ward, or large FC apartments, or something like that. Something so FCs aren't competing with solo folks quite as much.