Middleborough's town manager is contesting the state's noncompliance designation under the MBTA Communities Act, alleging a lack of proper process from Governor Healey's office. The town argues that it has already exceeded affordable housing requirements, having permitted 881 multi-family units within walking distance of a train station. Moreover, state funding has been withheld, impacting local schools and infrastructure projects. The lawsuit aims to challenge what the town sees as arbitrary and draconian state enforcement of zoning mandates that do not fit the community's context.
The governor's office seeks nothing but absolute and blind compliance without dialogue and without fair process,
The town of Middleborough is unique in that we already fully comply with the act today and do not need to alter our zoning to achieve their numbers.
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