The Mass. Supreme Judicial Court sided with the state on towns being required to offer multi-unit zoning. Holden is still holding off.

The state’s highest court has made clear that communities subject to the law must allow for additional, responsible development – and that the law is mandatory, not voluntary,” Attorney

The controversial MBTA Communities Law is constitutional, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday. But for now, the Supreme Judicial Court says the housing guidelines issued to towns affected by the law are "legally ineffective.