Quote Originally Posted by Kenky View Post
Housing needs to be limited to ensure there's a demand.
Since there will always be a demand regardless, there's little reason to try and ensure the demand.

Quote Originally Posted by Kenky View Post
That's how much worth and weight the community put on a bunch of code that has no real benefit (outside of FC ownership) beside growing onions.
Player engagement is the most important benefit of which houses do provide in a practical sense. Scarcity isn't the prime cause of the demand (and if it was that would be a really shallow reason spend gil).