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What’s missing from Apple’s $2.5 billion housing plan

On Monday, Apple announced a $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing availability and affordability crisis in California.
Laura Bliss and Sarah Holder for CityLab:But housing experts and advocates are cautious about how much the company’s voluntary investment can do to budge the fundamental barriers to housing construction in the state.
For one, zoning restrictions and opposition from neighborhood groups may prevent developers from seeing through bold plans to expand housing, even on
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