Apache 2 Forbidden 403 Error despite "Require all granted" - apache

Question

I am getting the apparently infamous apache 2 forbidden error #403, and I tried following the guides on the subject, but none seem to be working.
I am using Ubuntu Server and Apache 2.4.41
My website structure looks like /var/www/html/index.html
My apache2.conf [/etc/apache2/apache2.conf]:
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all denied
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/share>
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/html>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
My vhosts.conf [/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf]:
<VirtualHost *:80>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
#ServerName www.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>

Answer 1

From an Apache standpoint, your configuration seems ok.
Please verify the permissions on your /var/www/html directory. The user that runs Apache should have at least read and traversal (x) permission.

Answer 2

I gave the user running Apache2 permissions to the /var/www/html folder, and was then able to access the website.
Here is a URL with several permissions, I don't know specifically which one was responsible, but I believe it was sudo chmod g+w /var/www/html
https://askubuntu.com/questions/767504/permissions-problems-with-var-www-html-and-my-own-home-directory-for-a-website