Let me preface this by saying I have my 50k house. I got one early enough that I could pick one out based on proximity to the quarters sign and not just take whatever was available. However, a good friend I brought into the game had not reached that point until this morning. Perhaps it was shortsighted of her to gather her things and sell her house without checking the available real estate, but she now finds herself homeless, not wanting to go back to the house she has outgrown, and not able to upgrade as there are no high tier 30k+ houses available at all. Anywhere.
I think there's a good possibility this will chase my friend out of the game. I think there's a good possibility it will chase a number of people out of the game who did not start right at launch.
But I also think, to give the benefit of the doubt, that it's possible things tiny speck is working on might free up more housing, create more housing, or make buying a more expensive home less compelling. Of course, I have no way to know that for sure, since this company seems to have adopted the "Oh noes we can't tell you what were working on because you'll rage if we don't deliver" approach -- the last entry in the glitch blog is from Oct. 1 informing me about clothing I don't care about, and the blog contains not a single state of the game article or future of the game article.
Maybe a few players will rage if promises are made and not kept, but players are going to start raging about housing soon, if not already. What gives, tiny speck? Do I tell my friend to hold on? Or do I tell her to give up?