Quote Originally Posted by Solarra View Post
Maybe we should be asking for Square to give some incentive to players to relinquish houses they are not using, first.
A lot of people buy houses and lose interest in them over time or they might have other more personal reasons for wanting to let a house go. If they own a medium or a large house, relinquishing means losing a big chunk of gil. I see a lot of houses on my server that don't seem to be used, maybe people are simply taking a break while auto-demolition is suspended, but if some of those houses could be released onto the market, it might help ease the present situation a little.
You just described the auto-demolition feature. People who are done with their house, unsub, or don't use it for weeks in a row give up their house and it goes back on the market for someone else to enjoy. There's no exclusive reward needed to entice people, just that they go back to their house every now and then and use it. If you want to keep your house then you can, just stay subscribed, and use your house every couple weeks and you can keep it as long as you want. If you can't be bothered to log in and enter your house for multiple weeks in a row are you really using it?