Quote Originally Posted by Masenko View Post
Housing problems or vacancies in the past have nothing to do with, or are functionally irrelevant to, the current situation.


You can really tell who the I-got-mine-screw-you apologists are for the housing system.


Also, there's a huge difference between "housing has been available because there were houses available that are smalls that are in comparatively low demand" and "housing is unavailable because larges sell out instantly." The problem isn't what has been available when, the problem is the houses people want aren't available NOW.
The entire way this lotto is being handled alone has been enough to turn me away from housing. It's the first time in years I tried stepping back into the housing game and even if I had won a house, the fact that there is a long wait period afterwards to claim the house instead of instantly awarding the winner and moving to the next lotto, as well as a lack of a centralized point that does the assignment like a draft (You don't pick the plot, you just put a lotto ticket in for a specific sized house and then if you win you get a randomly selected plot from the wards), created an unfair situation for those not familiar with the wards themselves.

The developers need to shut down the entire housing system and figure out a new solution. They'd have a very small vocal minority of people protesting the decision compared to the majority that would be happy if they just had instant apartments for a year that could cover all the housing functions.