Fun fact: that doesn't mean more housing shouldn't be built, and as it currently stands it would do for us to build more affordable housing in areas that are currently net debt locations - like a lot of suburbia.
This was a response to someone who was opposed to the construction of more housing and was trying to use the excuse of vacant housing in places with little demand to oppose the construction of more housing in in demand places. I was pointing out that vacant housing isn't a solution to high rents and that we still need to allow the construction of more housing, especially in in demand cities.