Local zoning codes impose unnecessary rules that drive up housing costs. A new report recommends the state overrule them.

Massachusetts cities and towns fighting the controversial MBTA zoning law are celebrating lightly after the State Auditor’s ...

The deadline has passed for MBTA communities to become compliant with a zoning law aimed at creating more housing in ...

READING - In a big victory for Vine Street area residents, MBTA officials this week revealed their intention to temporarily ...

Local officials have discussed the latest developments with the state MBTA Communities Act but haven't decided whether they ...

A Central Massachusetts community initially was among those that led the charge against a state housing law. Here's why they ...

Gov. Maura Healey took time out of her speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Wednesday to tout her ...

The town of Holden, one of the first to defy the state's MBTA Communities transit-oriented zoning law alongside Milton, has ...

While Massachusetts isn't known for the efficiency of its public projects, the River Street Bridge is an example of how even ...

The MBTA Communities Act Working Group reconvened for the first time since December to consider how to move forward with developing a plan to present to voters in June. That plan will be to do just ...

"Our office is not able to literally ignore that the local mandate law does require contemporaneous funding be appropriated," ...

Lawyers for Civil Rights, which filed a lawsuit against Holden in 2023 over its decision not to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, posted a letter from Holden Town Manager Peter Lukes, dated Feb.