Sharing is Caring - will this ever be fixed?

SOOoo, after taking a break from Sims 4 for about 3 years, I decided to come back to it and try out the new packs I've missed out on and I remembered why I took a break from this game in the first place. Something is always horribly broken that makes the game unplayable. I encountered Sharing is Caring is everyone is a damn klepto, ruining my community lots. I just wanted to double-check if this is something EA is aware of and will fix so that we have more options to control our game. I'm beyond tired of my community lots being wiped.

Do I need to place a residential lot in every district, in every neighborhood, cheat-disable sharing is caring in all of it and then turn off all the eco-living options in the menu? Has this worked out for people? Without having to use a mod? I was going to try that and cross my fingers because it would be really nice not to limit my playing to one household, one neighborhood. I'd like my sims who live in Windenburg to visit Sulani if they want, but I'm wracked with fear that as soon as they get there, everything will start disappearing because every sim apparently just empties out my lot. I think this may the worst thing I've encountered so far in this game. This might be a new low. I can roll my eyes and deal with endless cakes and clay, but please, stop destroying my lots.