Needham turns down controversial zoning plan

Needham voters just rejected the town’s state-mandated housing plan. Now what?
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.
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.
Needham voters reject zoning plan that would've met MBTA housing law rules
A hotly debated issue in Needham is how much new housing to build under the state's MBTA Communities Act. The state's new law was upheld by the Supreme Judicial Court last week. It requires zoning, which would allow for a minimum of 1,784 multifamily units in Needham.
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 votes against plan to comply with MBTA Communities Law as state files guidelines
NEEDHAM - Needham residents have voted against the town's plan to comply with the MBTA Communities Law, even as the state filed emergency regulations intended to enforce the rules. According to preliminary special election results,
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 Act zoning in another blow to law
Opponents of Needham’s plan to allow more multifamily housing under the MBTA Communities law defeated the measure on Tuesday.
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Massachusetts' highest court just decided the state could force certain communities to allow multi-family housing. Will Needham comply?
Needham voters reject referendum to build multifamily housing
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Needham rejects MBTA zoning compliance after town-wide vote
In a closely watched special election Tuesday night, Needham voted to repeal new zoning that would have made the town compliant with a controversial Massachusetts law that aims to create more housing in communities served by the MBTA.
In townwide vote, Needham rejects housing plan
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.
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