IN THE WAKE of a lawsuit filed last month by Attorney General Andrea Campbell against nine communities for failing to comply with a controversial new housing law, some leaders of the holdout towns are starting to openly acknowledge that this may be the end of the road for resistance to the law.
The municipalities have fought back for about two years against the MBTA Communities Act, a 2021 law that requires the 177 cities and towns with or near MBTA service to create a district that allows multifamily housing to be built as of right. But some are losing the will to keep up the fight.
Holden residents are scheduled to vote later this month on a plan that would “do the bare minimum” – but nonetheless bring the town into compliance with the housing law…