It's good that auto-demolition is off and hopefully it will be here to stay or at least that the timer be extended to longer than the current 45 days (at least 90 days imo).

It's a really sucky feeling for one to come back to the game and realise that you've lost your house which you've worked so hard to obtain, I don't think housing is ever removed forcibly from players in other MMOs due to inactivity and it shouldn't be in FFXIV either. The solution should be to increase the housing supply and not punishing the playerbase.