A fifth Massachusetts town is taking legal action over the MBTA Communities Act, saying the state's requirement to zone for ...

Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...

Meanwhile, a preliminary injunction hearing has been set on April 2 for the towns of Marshfield, Hanson, Middleboro, Wrentham ...

As some trains rolled along at 50 miles per hour Friday, 10 miles per hour faster than they previously could safely run, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng pledged that "This is just the beginning." ...

Officials are taking action over a state law that requires them, as an MBTA community, to zone for at least 750 multi-family housing units.

The community of Holden has dropped its opposition to a state law designed to incentivize building more multi-family housing ... it would not comply with the MBTA Communities Act — a law ...

The MBTA Communities Act specifically addresses multi-family housing ... will increase housing production to an unsustainable level for the town. Middleboro officials previously said that ...