Needham voters repealed a state-mandated MBTA Communities Act zoning plan Tuesday, but the town's not out of compliance just yet. The post What’s next for Needham after MBTA Communities vote? appeared first on Boston.

This means the town will continue to be out of compliance with the MBTA Communities Act and could miss out on state funding opportunities.

Massachusetts' highest court just decided the state could force certain communities to allow multi-family housing. Will Needham comply?

people voted down the zoning changes, while 4,914 people voted to keep in compliance with the law, according to the town clerk.

The proposal would have created capacity for roughly 3,300 units near two of the town's commuter rail station stops.

Residents in Needham struck down a zoning plan that would have allowed the town to construct more units of multi-family housing than what’s required to be in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act.

Opponents of Needham’s plan to allow more multifamily housing under the MBTA Communities law defeated the measure on Tuesday.

After months of campaigning, a heated debate over a state-mandated plan that would have made it easier to build multifamily housing in parts of Needham came to a head Tuesday when voters soundly rejected the new zoning.

A hotly debated issue in Needham is how much new housing to build under the state's MBTA Communities Act. Nadya Suleman, who is known to the world as Octomom after giving birth to octuplets, shared a rare glimpse into her life as a mom of 14.