Needham residents rejected its MBTA Communities rezoning plan. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Thursday filed a lawsuit against nine cities and towns that are noncompliant with the state's transit-oriented housing law. In the lawsuit, Campbell seeks "a court order declaring that each community must create a zoning district" in compliance with the MBTA Communities Law. The final deadline for the MBTA Communities Law came at the end of 2025, with 165 of the 177 cities in compliance at the time and 12 communities still noncompliant. The 2021 law was enacted to help open development in towns and cities that have historically pushed back on it.