Replace the default userdir.conf with a commented out one so our ~users work.

roles/people/files/userdir.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#
+# UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
+# directory if a ~user request is received.
+#
+# The path to the end user account 'public_html' directory must be
+# accessible to the webserver userid.  This usually means that ~userid
+# must have permissions of 711, ~userid/public_html must have permissions
+# of 755, and documents contained therein must be world-readable.
+# Otherwise, the client will only receive a "403 Forbidden" message.
+#
+<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
+    #
+    # UserDir is disabled by default since it can confirm the presence
+    # of a username on the system (depending on home directory
+    # permissions).
+    #
+    #UserDir enabled
+
+    #
+    # To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html
+    # directory, remove the "UserDir disabled" line above, and uncomment
+    # the following line instead:
+    # 
+    #UserDir public_html
+</IfModule>
+
+#
+# Control access to UserDir directories.  The following is an example
+# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
+#
+#<Directory "/home/*/public_html">
+#    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
+#    Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
+#    Require method GET POST OPTIONS
+#</Directory>

roles/people/tasks/main.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   - cgit.conf
   - people.conf
   - ssl.conf
+  - userdir.conf
   tags:
   - people