Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
Because for the longest time there were entire residential areas of houses empty whose owners had long since left the game and never returned, and with housing at a premium and a critical shortage of plots, players actually begged SE to implement the demolition timer of these abandoned houses to free up space, and SE eventually complied. It's annoying, but that's life sadly.
Now if the housing demolition was 90 days instead of 45, you could argue they were simply doing what was requested. 45 days makes it quite obvious they're using housing to keep people subbed.