Yeah, dev "intent" doesn't matter much when the system doesn't and quite possibly can't actually do what the devs supposedly "intend" for it to do. Sure they'll slap shoddy bandaids on to make it harder for somebody to snatch up 50 houses, and more fair for people to at least have a snowball's chance in a furnace at getting an open plot, but they clearly have no intention of doing anything to actually address the root of the problems with this game's housing system. It was never gonna be perfect, obviously, and it is side content, but it had a wonky design from the outset and that hasn't changed. The system would need to be fundamentally reworked to actually prevent people from owning a bunch of houses OR to give everyone access to the content and not just access to the door it's locked behind.