Apartments are pretty underrated imo, they are a good first home and let you get practice decorating. There are plenty small plots available on most worlds for someone who want a home. If you are on one of the few servers that are full, move. Server hopping is easy, there is no excuse. If you wont move housing is not your priority, it's not that you don't have the option.

Part of the reason these sub farmers or bots people rant about can claim so many plots is that people are not going for them. There is no housing crisis atm.