The ironic part of this is if they spent the money to upgrade the infrastructure so anyone who wanted a house (of any size) could have one, and therefore didn't need the auto demolition any more, more people would pause their subscriptions when they're not actively doing anything, which drops SE's revenue.
So I get why fixing housing isn't a big priority, it would impact their bottom line twice.
On the other hand, still sucks. Especially with many countries struggling with cost of living and some dealing with active war zones (to be fair, some of these pauses on auto demolition are for that reason), it just feels like it's rubbing salt into the wound, especially when you might not be able to replace it in the future depending on your server.