Needham, new 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.
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This means the town will continue to be out of compliance with the MBTA Communities Act and could miss out on state funding opportunities.
Needham voters reject ambitious zoning plan to allow more housing
Needham voters have soundly rejected new zoning meant to allow more housing development, just a week after the Supreme Judicial Court upheld a law requiring them to do so. The zoning would have gone well above Needham’s responsibilities under the MBTA Communities Act,
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Needham housing vote: A setback, but not a crisis
But how suburbs comply is still very much up for debate — and as communities bicker over the details, we can probably expect to see more zoning controversies like the one that erupted in Needham and ended with a lopsided vote against an ambitious rezoning plan on Tuesday.
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