The housing is broken. There's unfortunatly nothing new.

Many people don't give a f*** about neighborood but they keep this system as if neighborood were the Alpha and the Omega.

The neighborood is broken since individuals can get a house, it makes ghosts towns but never mind, they prioritize wards with broken neighborood. sigh...

They could upgrade flats, offer several size, a greenhouse but no... always wards...
With a centrale aetheryte they could propose instancied housing with gardens and simulated neighborood but... we don't see anything of this kind.

I have no illusions about Ishgard.