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Berkeley paves the way for apartment buildings alongside charming, single-family Craftsman homes

New law is the college town's latest attempt to help solve California's housing crisis
A small apartment building on Mabel Street in Berkeley, California, is the type of housing local officials hope to encourage with a new "middle housing" ordinance that does away with single-family zoning in most neighborhoods. (CoStar)
A small apartment building on Mabel Street in Berkeley, California, is the type of housing local officials hope to encourage with a new "middle housing" ordinance that does away with single-family zoning in most neighborhoods. (CoStar)

In its latest move to try and help solve California’s housing crisis, Berkeley officials have passed a new law that allows the building of duplexes, fourplexes and small apartment buildings in most neighborhoods around the city.

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