Overview
- Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed the case in Suffolk Superior Court, asking judges to require compliant zoning and district applications to the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities.
- The lawsuit names Dracut, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Holden, Marblehead, Middleton, Tewksbury, Wilmington, and Winthrop.
- State officials report 165 of 177 MBTA communities are in compliance, with projects in newly zoned areas accounting for nearly 7,000 homes across 34 communities.
- Carver, Freetown, and Rehoboth also remain out of compliance but were not sued as the state allows additional time based on recent deadlines and pending local actions.
- A 2025 Supreme Judicial Court ruling affirmed the law’s enforceability, and Campbell said cases will be dropped if towns adopt compliant zoning, with some officials signaling upcoming votes.