Thousands of San Jose properties sit vacant despite increasing demand for more housing

AMID AN ONGOING housing crisis, thousands of San Jose homes are sitting empty — but City Hall has no plan to address it.

The latest U.S. Census data shows 13,769 San Jose homes were not occupied in 2020. Vacant properties include those for rent, waiting to be sold and those not on the market, which may have been left empty by choice. San Jose had 4,316 off-market empty homes in 2020.