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“We are going to continue to make our case to every city and town that creating more housing is good for families, good for their communities, and essential for our state,” a Healey adviser said Thursday.
Milton is sharply split on a sweeping new zoning plan designed to loosen the grip of single-family housing on the proudly residential suburb. It is a vote that will reverberate far beyond the town borders.
Milton's zoning referendum next month will be the greatest test yet for the state's MBTA Communities law, which compels cities and towns with access to public transit to draw new zones that allow for more multifamily housing.