Needham rejects MBTA zoning compliance

After Needham rejected a state-mandated housing plan, what happens now?
After months of campaigning, a heated debate over a state-mandated plan that would have made it easier to build multifamily housing in parts of Needham came to a head Tuesday when voters soundly rejected the new zoning.
Needham voters reject zoning plan for new housing near commuter rail
Residents in Needham struck down a zoning plan that would have allowed the town to construct more units of multi-family housing than what’s required to be in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act.
Needham rejects MBTA zoning compliance after town-wide vote
people voted down the zoning changes, while 4,914 people voted to keep in compliance with the law, according to the town clerk.
MBTA Communities Act: Needham turns down controversial zoning plan
Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won’t follow in Milton’s footsteps. Needham residents voted Tuesday to repeal zoning that would have made the Greater Boston town compliant with the MBTA Communities Act – a plan that carried much more weight than what the state law requires.
In latest pushback to key state housing law, Needham voters say no to town’s plan
NEEDHAM — Voters in Needham Tuesday soundly rejected a plan that would have paved the way for the production of more multifamily housing in this suburban town of 32,000 and aligned it with a much-debated state housing law.
Needham Voters Strike Down MBTA Communities Zoning Plan
The proposal would have created capacity for roughly 3,300 units near two of the town's commuter rail station stops.
Needham voters reject plan that would've met MBTA law rules
The group that gathered enough petitions to put the vote to a special election has said it is not against the MBTA Communities Law but thinks the minimum amount of new units is mo
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