A Massachusetts town has rezoned a private golf course for housing, despite having no plans to close the course. Allowing new homes under the state’s housing push does not necessarily mean they will be built.
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Marblehead faced a lawsuit from the attorney general and lost some state grants before approving a housing zoning plan in May 2026, according to Cambridge Day. It had repeatedly resisted state requirements, arguing that it lacked space for additional housing.
The private golf course at Tedesco Country Club has no scheduled closure, but Marblehead included it in the rezoned area. The outlet described the plan as intended to keep housing from being built.
Then-Gov. Charlie Baker signed the MBTA Communities Act in 2021. Under that law — the basis for the dispute — 177 transit-connected municipalities around Boston must change their zoning to allow more multifamily housing…