> Ostensibly, it’s a move that attempts to lessen a raging problem the companies themselves have helped create. The Bay Area, home to Facebook, Google, and Appl

> Ostensibly, it’s a move that attempts to lessen a raging problem the companies themselves have helped create. The Bay Area, home to Facebook, Google, and Apple, is the most expensive housing market in the country thanks to the effect of Silicon Valley over the last 20 years, and in Seattle, where Amazon and Microsoft are based, home prices have risen 125 percent since 2012, according to Zillow data. Can any of the blame really be placed on these companies? It seems like housing could be built to meet the demand.