On June 6, a Superior Court judge dismissed lawsuits from by nine towns challenging the MBTA Communities law. Here's why. The ...

A Superior Court judge concluded the possible costs of the MBTA Communities Act are "indirect," which means the law is not an ...

The Superior Court sided with the Massachusetts AG's office, dismissing lawsuits against the MBTA Communities Law, which ...

The state Attorney General and the town of Milton have emerged partially victorious in a ruling from the state's highest court. Towns and cities that were required to create zoning for multifamily ...

Lawsuits — filed by the towns of Duxbury, Hamilton, Hanson, Holden, Marshfield, Middleton, Wenham, Weston, and Wrentham — ...

For many struggling to afford sky-high rents in Massachusetts, it’s a nightmare scenario: You come home from work to find a letter from your landlord saying they intend to evict you in 14 days ...

One of Massachusetts’ premier housing laws will go before the state’s highest court on Monday. The stakes are high, and towns all over Eastern Massachusetts will be watching closely.

Tenants in Massachusetts who struggle to find housing due to a prior eviction may now get the chance to have those records sealed. The Legislature’s newly passed housing bond bill includes a provision ...

A series of lawsuits by Massachusetts towns claiming the MBTA Communities Act is an unfunded mandate have been thrown out by ...

Sen. Lydia Edwards gives remarks about the new eviction record sealing law outside Eastern Housing Court in Boston on May 5, 2025. A new law went into effect on Monday that allows Massachusetts ...

The guidelines must now go through a specific public process before they can be enforced, the court ruled. Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities, Ed Augustus spoke in ...

How did the case get to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The state sued Milton after voters rejected proposed zoning rules intended to jumpstart the creation of housing near public ...