BERKELEY — In a new effort to squeeze more homes into a chronically under-supplied market, officials here are zeroing in on the city’s low-hanging housing fruit — vacant buildings.

The Berkeley City Council this week voted to start fining some landlords who let their properties sit empty too long, hoping the move will help boost the city’s housing stock and clean up its unsightly rundown buildings.

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