Please don't provide this stat without context. It just promotes cynicism and despair. Reality is complex, and our solutions are going to have to be complex.

Many of these vacant homes are nowhere near major homeless populations. But office buildings often are.

https://ggwash.org/view/73234/vacant-houses-wont-solve-our-housing-crisis

Edit: If you prefer videos, here's a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZXdXxYBGU